Agenda

Members are requested to intimate any declarations of interest in respect of any business to be considered.

Members are requested to determine that the exempt business be considered with the press and public excluded.

“This Council agrees to instruct the Chief Executive to submit a report on the progress of negotiations for the lease of Kirkintilloch Community Sports Complex, with the organisation agreed on 15 December 2022, to the next scheduled meeting of the Council on 14 December 2023.”

Proposed by: Cllr Murray

Seconded by:  Cllr Paterson

Council notes that Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a lifelong disability affecting a person’s ability to control their movements, posture and balance as result of injury to the brain before, during or after birth. In Scotland, approximately 1 in every 500 babies receives a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy, and globally it is the most common childhood physical disability.

Council further notes:

•           45% of children diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy have been born prematurely. Children with CP may also require neonatal care, including care in a neonatal intensive care unit.

•           The most common type of CP (80-90% of cases) is spastic CP arising from damage to the Motor Cortex resulting in stiffness or tightness. CP can also be Dyskinetic, Ataxic or mixed.

•           1 in 3 children with CP is unable to walk.

•           1 in 4 children with CP is unable to talk.

•           1 in 2 children with CP has a learning disability.

•           1 in 4 children with CP has epilepsy.

•           1 in 4 children with CP has bladder control problems.

•           1 in 5 children with CP has a sleep disorder.

Council recognises the importance of early diagnosis in the development of interventions to support a person with CP, because no two people experience the condition in the same way.

Council commends the work of NHS Scotland, East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, and organisations such as Cerebral Palsy Scotland in supporting people with CP throughout their lives, and expresses its unequivocal support for World Cerebral Palsy Day due to take place on 6th October.

Furthermore, Council welcomes the royal assent of the Neonatal Care (Pay and Leave) Act 2023 and its positive impact on families across East Dunbartonshire whose babies require neonatal care. 

However, Council expresses concern at the delay in implementing statutory paid neonatal leave until April 2025, and adds its support to calls from Trade Unions, Charities, Professional Bodies and MPs from all parties to expedite the introduction of statutory paid neonatal leave.

Council therefore resolves:

•           to commemorate World Cerebral Palsy Day on an annual basis through raising awareness of the campaign and Cerebral Palsy via social media channels;

•           to instruct the Chief Executive to write to the UK Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade urging the immediate introduction of appropriate regulations to give full effect to the Neonatal Care (Pay and Leave) Act 2023.

Proposed by Cllr Gallagher           

Seconded by Cllr Smith

‘What steps are the Council taking to close the financial gap and ensure it’s ongoing financial survival’

Councillor Vaughan Moody

It is recommended that the Council pass the following Resolution:-

“That under Section 50A (4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as amended, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that It may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 11 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act”.