Decision details

Councillor Lees updated Council on the handling of the Sudan Evacuation effort at Stansted Airport in the district, which received evacuees from Sudan in late April/early May 2023. She proposed suspending Council Procedure Rule 10.1 (Motions on Notice) in order to put forward a motion of thanks to all those involved. Councillor Foley seconded the proposal.

The motion to suspend Rule 10.1 was carried unanimously.

Councillor Lees said she was incredibly proud of the response and proposed a motion of thanks.

Councillor Hargreaves duly seconded.

The proposal was carried unanimously.

RESOLVED: To officially thank all the volunteers and staff who worked all hours of the day and night on the Sudanese evacuation response at Stansted from 24^th April 2023, and all the way through the Bank Holiday weekend – to UCAN who set up the initial Humanitarian Assistance Centre and all the other volunteer agencies including RE:ACT Emergency Response, Citizens Advice, the Red Cross and St John’s; to the other Councils providing staff from Harlow, Epping, Braintree, Maldon, Tendring, Colchester, Castle Point, Essex County, and beyond into Stevenage, South Cambridgeshire, Herts and Cambridgeshire Counties; to the Police, Fire and Rescue Service, Ambulance Service, the NHS, Border Force and Government departments; to Stansted Airport and the Radisson Blu Hotel; and to all of our own staff in housing, communities and all the other departments whose staff answered the call and ran to help; and to anyone else not specifically mentioned.

    The meeting was closed at 8.25pm.