Decision details

Councillor Gillespie proposed and Councillor Cantrill seconded the following motion: 

This Council believes that the UK’s immigration detention system is not fit for purpose and the Government must end indefinite detention.

Therefore, this Council:

·                 Endorses the These Walls Must Fall Campaign and the declaration.

·                 Calls on the Government to implement the recommendations of the All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into detention.

·                 Asks our local MPs to support the spirit of the motion, to raise the matter in the House of Commons, and to support changes in current laws and procedures to introduce alternatives to detention.

·                 Seeks further support for the motion via the Local Government Association, and by encouraging other Councils in the UK to show their support on this issue.

Resolved (unanimously) to support the motion.