{"id":3658,"date":"2014-03-21T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2014-03-21T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T15:40:59","slug":"presiding-officers-plans-should-be-dropped-say-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/presiding-officers-plans-should-be-dropped-say-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial plans to introduce presiding officer on Council may be dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3666\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mayor-cardiff.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3666 \" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mayor-cardiff.jpeg\" alt=\"Coun Derrick Morgan, Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Photo: Cardiff Council)\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3666 \" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mayor-cardiff.jpeg\" alt=\"Coun Derrick Morgan, Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Photo: Cardiff Council)\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Coun Derrick Morgan, Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Photo: Cardiff Council)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>It is understood controversial plans to introduce a presiding officer on Cardiff Council will be dropped by Labour.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe proposals were passed by the constitution committee on Wednesday night by five votes to four and would normally be expected to go before full council at the next opportunity.<br \/>\nBut Councillor Siobhan Corria suggested they would be dropped.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cI would be very surprised if these plans went to full council. What is the point of them?<br \/>\n\u201cWhile I support review of the constitution we are elected to represent people in Cardiff and no one has ever spoken to me about needing a presiding officer. On that basis I will not support a change if I do have to vote on it.\u201d<br \/>\nLabour briefly introduced a presiding officer after regaining control of the Council in 2011 before scrapping the move, and the decision to try for a second time has also been criticised by opposition groups on the council.<br \/>\nCouncillor Judith Woodman, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, said: \u201cI do not see the point of appointing a presiding officer, a deputy presiding officer, a Lord Mayor and a deputy Lord Mayor.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Lord Mayor can chair a council meeting, if they need training they can get training. It is a waste of money and I do not think it is necessary.\u201d<br \/>\nCouncillor Jayne Cowan, leader of the Independent Group also said there was no need for a presiding officer.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cI am vehemently opposed to splitting the role of Lord Mayor and Chairman of the Council. Both are intrinsically linked and the Lord Mayor is the custodian of the constitution and sets a lead for everyone in his or her role as first citizen of the city.<br \/>\n\u201cAny move to denigrate the role of the Lord Mayor is a backwards step.\u201d<br \/>\nBut Councillor Ralph Cook, deputy leader of the council, said a presiding officer was the right choice and played down a Labour split.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cThe Lord Mayor changes every year, by the time they are used to chairing the meetings the year is up and someone new comes in. We need someone suitable.<br \/>\n&#8220;Yes, the group is divided over this but every group in the country is divided. That\u2019s what happens when you have a group full of imaginative and talented people.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is understood controversial plans to introduce a presiding officer on Cardiff Council will be dropped by Labour. The proposals were passed by the constitution committee on Wednesday night by five votes to four and would normally be expected to go before full council at the next opportunity. But Councillor Siobhan Corria suggested they would be dropped. She said: \u201cI would be very surprised if these plans went to full council. What is the point of them? \u201cWhile I support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[52,2250,2251,2252,2253,2254,2255,2256,1496,2257],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardiff-council","tag-councillor-cook","tag-councillor-derrick-morgan","tag-councillor-jayne-cowan","tag-councillor-judith-woodman","tag-councillor-ralph-cook","tag-councillor-siobhan-corria","tag-derrick-morgan","tag-lord-mayor","tag-lord-mayor-cardiff"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Controversial plans to introduce presiding officer on Council may be dropped - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/presiding-officers-plans-should-be-dropped-say-labour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Controversial plans to introduce presiding officer on Council may be dropped - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is understood controversial plans to introduce a presiding officer on Cardiff Council will be dropped by Labour. The proposals were passed by the constitution committee on Wednesday night by five votes to four and would normally be expected to go before full council at the next opportunity. But Councillor Siobhan Corria suggested they would be dropped. She said: \u201cI would be very surprised if these plans went to full council. 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