Decision details

Councillor Cantrill proposed and Councillor Gehring seconded the following motion: 

 

With less than a year to go before the UK leaves the EU it’s now plain to see that Leave campaigners told the British people a set of falsehoods.

 

We were told the negotiations would be easy but the Rt Hon David Davis MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, described Brexit being “as complicated as moon landing”.

 

We were told that by leaving the EU, we would save “£350 million a week” which would then be given to the NHS but instead we now see the madness of a government spending more of our taxes on Brexit than it is on our NHS or dealing with the horrendous increases in child and pensioner poverty. 

 

People were told that Brexit would cut immigration, but the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP stated that Brexit could see Britain accept more immigrants albeit from outside of the EU.

 

Meanwhile:

·        The UK economy is now the slowest growing economy in Europe, reducing the prosperity of the UK and of Cambridge residents;

·        Cambridge businesses, in particular those that are international in outlook and related to the knowledge economy, are cutting or delaying investment because of the continued uncertainty;

·        Both private business and public-sector organisations such as Addenbrookes hospital are facing major labour shortages;

·        New investment in Cambridge is being jeopardised and new job opportunities are being lost;

·        Inflation caused by Brexit-related depreciation of the pound is driving up living costs for Cambridge residents, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet in our city.

 

The Council agrees that the current rights of EU citizens living in the UK should always be fully protected.

 

At the Referendum over 73% of Cambridge residents voted to remain in the European Union and that nobody voted to spend £50 billion of tax payers’ money on Brexit.

 

This Council calls on the government to abandon any plans for a hard Brexit and to give the people of Cambridge a vote on whatever deal it ends up getting along with the opportunity to vote on keeping the many benefits Britons currently enjoy by staying in the European Union.

 

Councillor Herbert proposed and Councillor R. Moore seconded the following amendment to motion (deleted text struck through and additional text underlined):

 

With less than a year to go before the UK leaves the EU it’s now plain to see that Leave campaigners told the British people a set of falsehoods.

 

We were told the negotiations would be easy but the Rt Hon David Davis MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, described Brexit being “as complicated as moon landing”.

 

We were told that by leaving the EU, we would save “£350 million a week” which would then be given to the NHS but instead we now see the madness of a government spending more of our taxes on Brexit than it is on our NHS or dealing with the horrendous increases in child and pensioner poverty. 

 

People were told that Brexit would cut immigration, but the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP stated that Brexit could see Britain accept more immigrants albeit from outside of the EU.

 

Meanwhile:

·        The UK economy is now the slowest growing economy in Europe, reducing the prosperity of the UK and of Cambridge residents;

·        Cambridge businesses, in particular those that are international in outlook and related to the knowledge economy, are cutting or delaying investment because of the continued uncertainty;

·        Both private business and public-sector organisations such as Addenbrookes hospital are facing major labour shortages;

·        New investment in Cambridge is being jeopardised and new job opportunities are being lost;

·        Inflation caused by Brexit-related depreciation of the pound is driving up living costs for Cambridge residents, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet in our city.

 

The Council agrees that the current rights of EU citizens living in the UK should always be fully protected.

 

At the Referendum over 73% of Cambridge residents voted to remain in the European Union and that nobody voted to spend £50 billion of tax payers’ money on Brexit.

 

This Council calls on the government to abandon any plans for a hard Brexit and fully supports the actions of our MP Daniel Zeichner who has campaigned against Brexit and repeatedly challenged the Government’s shambolic handling of Brexit, and stood up for the interests of Cambridge and all its residents including to secure full rights for all our non-UK EU citizens.

The Council supports his demand for a meaningful vote on the final deal in Parliament and to give the people of Cambridge a vote on whatever deal it ends up getting along with the opportunity to vote on keeping the many benefits Britons currently enjoy by staying in the European Union.

 

On a show of hands the amendment was carried by 25 votes to 13.

 

Resolved (by 38 votes to 1) that:

 

With less than a year to go before the UK leaves the EU it’s now plain to see that Leave campaigners told the British people a set of falsehoods.

 

We were told the negotiations would be easy but the Rt Hon David Davis MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, described Brexit being “as complicated as moon landing”.

 

We were told that by leaving the EU, we would save “£350 million a week” which would then be given to the NHS but instead we now see the madness of a government spending more of our taxes on Brexit than it is on our NHS or dealing with the horrendous increases in child and pensioner poverty. 

 

People were told that Brexit would cut immigration, but the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP stated that Brexit could see Britain accept more immigrants albeit from outside of the EU.

 

Meanwhile:

·        The UK economy is now the slowest growing economy in Europe, reducing the prosperity of the UK and of Cambridge residents;

·        Cambridge businesses, in particular those that are international in outlook and related to the knowledge economy, are cutting or delaying investment because of the continued uncertainty;

·        Both private business and public-sector organisations such as Addenbrookes hospital are facing major labour shortages;

·        New investment in Cambridge is being jeopardised and new job opportunities are being lost;

·        Inflation caused by Brexit-related depreciation of the pound is driving up living costs for Cambridge residents, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet in our city.

 

The Council agrees that the current rights of EU citizens living in the UK should always be fully protected.

 

At the Referendum over 73% of Cambridge residents voted to remain in the European Union and that nobody voted to spend £50 billion of tax payers’ money on Brexit.

 

This Council calls on the government to abandon any plans for a hard Brexit and fully supports the actions of our MP Daniel Zeichner who has campaigned against Brexit and repeatedly challenged the Government’s shambolic handling of Brexit, and stood up for the interests of Cambridge and all its residents including to secure full rights for all our non-UK EU citizens.

The Council supports his demand for a meaningful vote on the final deal in Parliament on whatever deal it ends up getting along with the opportunity to vote on keeping the many benefits Britons currently enjoy by staying in the European Union.