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STATEMENT BY COUNCILLOR DEREK ANTROBUS, LEAD MEMBER FOR PLANNING ON THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ST GEORGE’S RC HIGH SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION

 
Salford City Council cherishes the rights of citizens to participate in local democracy whether through the ballot or through protest.

The pupils from St George’s have been welcomed into the Council Chamber to hold councillors directly to account. The Council supported the organisers of the demonstration to ensure it was held safely.

The Council has no power to prevent demonstrations nor should it have. Organisers have a duty to ensure those who participate in demonstrations are safe. The Council works with organisers to ensure this is achieved. There is a cost to safety measures and this must be borne by the organisers. The costs include advertising in newspapers, legal fees, signage and wages.

The Deputy Headteacher (not a group of schoolgirls) requested the Council to provide the closures and asked for the bill to be sent to the school. The cost was known to the school in advance of the demonstration taking place. Schools spend a lot of money on carrying out risk assessments when sending pupils on trips and we were pleased that they showed the same duty of care to their pupils in this case.

The costs for the service provided by the Council are no different from room hire for a public meeting or paying a shop for materials for placards and T-shirts.

All demonstrators are treated the same. The only exemptions are for traditional, civic occasions such as brownies and scouts marching on St George’s Day and the parades by veterans on Remembrance Sunday.

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Campaign to extend Swinton  town centre parking scheme

Swinton South Labour Party is leading a campaign to extend a residents’ parking scheme in the town centre.

An experimental scheme was set up between Wellington Road and Pendlebury Road last year.

It is to be reviewed by Salford City Council later this month so Swinton South Labour Party carried out a survey of residents in April. The results show that the majority of people are delighted by the scheme and want it to continue.

But two streets not included in the scheme – Sandy Grove and Bingham Street – have had problems with extra parking.

Swinton South Labour Party chairman Paul Wilson said: “We decided to ask these residents if they supported our proposal to extend the scheme to their streets. They overwhelmingly did.

“As a result, the Lead Member for Planning, Councillor Derek Antrobus, has agreed to put our proposals to the Council.”

Swinton South Labour Party also surveyed residents of Chadwick Walk whose free parking was taken away when the private owners of the precinct sold on the car park.

Said Paul: “We think those residents can have free parking again if the town centre parking scheme is extended to Chadwick Street and the Council has also agreed to look at this proposal”.

Contact:  Paul Wilson,
72 Barton Road,
Swinton 
Tel: 0161 727 9210
Mobile: 07814 473057
Email mailto:swintonsouth@salfordlabour.org.uk

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