Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: December 18, 2025

Purpose:

Content: NOTICES OF MOTION   Notice of Motion 5: No to Compulsory Digital IDs   That Council resolves:   (a)    To oppose the introduction of any mandatory digital ID requirements affecting residents beyond those already set out in law, and to oppose any expansion that makes access to essential public services contingent on holding a digital ID;   (b)    To request that the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure, and the Members of Parliament for our Council area stating this Council’s opposition to compulsion, and calling for any digital identity scheme to be strictly optional with robust offline alternatives, statutory privacy safeguards, and full parliamentary scrutiny; and   (c)    To work with local voluntary, digital inclusion and civil liberties groups to ensure that no resident in Flintshire is penalised or excluded by any national identification scheme, and to publish clear signposting to non-digital routes for Council services.   Notice of Motion 6: End of school visit hypocracy   That the Notice of Motion was lost.   Notice of Motion 8: Fair rewards for strong performance   That Council resolves:   1.     To call upon Welsh Government to implement the following policy:   a) Establish clear, national NNDR collection targets for each council in Wales, taking account of local circumstances but ensuring that all councils are expected to meet high, achievable standards;   b) Introduce a mechanism whereby, if a council’s NNDR collection rate falls below its agreed target, a corresponding percentage of its subsequent year allocation from the NNDR Pool is withheld;   c) Create a performance fund from any such withheld amounts, to be redistributed to councils that meet or exceed their NNDR collection targets, in proportion to the extent of their over performance; and   d) Ensure that any future requests or expectations placed on councils to recruit additional NNDR revenue staff are accompanied by a funding framework that allows net-contributing, high-performing councils such as Flintshire to retain a fair share of the additional income generated, rather than further subsidising authorities that fail to meet national collection targets.   2.     To request the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive, in consultation with the Corporate Finance Manager, to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government, local Members of the Senedd, and the Welsh Local Government Association, setting out this Council’s position and urging Welsh Government to bring forward proposals for a collection performance-based reform of NNDR distribution.   QUESTIONS   Noted.     QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS ON COMMITTEE MINUTES   None.     RE-APPOINTING A CO-OPTED MEMBER TO THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE   That Council reappoints Mark Morgan to the Standards Committee for four years.