This week we take a look at Tuesday's Full Council - was it a council or consensus or clash of the councillors?

Notices of Motion

• 11a Planning & Infrastructure bill (Opposing government plans to increase the planning applications decided by officers, and limit those decided by Councillors) - Cllrs Gardner (CON) Cllr Simpson (REF)
• 11b Fair votes (Supporting votes at 16. Proportional representation) - Cllr Hunt (LIB DEM) Cllr Adair (LIB DEM)
• 11c Support for Healthwatch (Strong opposition to government plans to abolish Healthwatch) - Cllr Swann (CON) Cllr Bosher (CON)
• 11d Digital IDs (Opposition to government plans to mandate digital IDs) - Cllr Barrett (LIB DEM) Pitt (LIB DEM)
• 11e
• 11f Allocation of asylum dispersal (Opposing number housing asylum seekers in Portsmouth compared to other areas) - Cllr Standen (REF) Cllr Madgwick (REF)
• 11g Support VALOUR Network (Support to improve military housing) - Cllr Fielding (LAB) Cllr Adeniran (LAB)

Link to agenda and PCC's recorded livestream in comments on the event.

Clips from PCC's Democratic Services recorded livestream.

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Can the controversial Aquind electricity interconnector project between Normandy, France and Portsmouth, England - cutting a swathe through countryside, farmland and disrupting residents digging up residential and vital arterial roads finally get stopped for good?

Five years on, we invite Let’s Stop Aquind and their French counterpart, Non à Aquind back onto the show to share the latest.

https://stopaquind.com

https://www.non-a-aquind.org

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3 1/2 million British citizens living overseas are entitled to vote in UK elections, but only 200,000 are registered to do so.

• What elections are they entitled to vote in?
• How does it work?
• How long does this entitlement to vote in UK elections last?
• Why aren’t more Brits living overseas retaining their right to vote?

We hear from Mike Tuffrey & John Shardlow of the British Overseas Voters Forum to help us separate fact from fiction and understand the struggles Brits abroad face having a say in the future decisions in the UK.

More details of British Overseas Voters Forum https://bovf.org.uk

Find out how to register to vote abroad https://www.gov.uk/voting-when-living-abroad

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