I READ with amusement, council leader Bob Price’s letter (Oxford Mail, November 12) in response to councillor Nuala Young’s criticism of the last full city council meeting.

If, as the leader of the council claims, motions to full council have “no relevance for the council’s day to day administration”, then why is the Labour leadership on the council not only acting on some of these motions, but actually boasting about them as if they were their ideas?

Was it the motion to reinstate the home insulation scheme (which Labour cut earlier this year) that he feels is unnecessary?

Or perhaps it was the motion to look into ways to support small, local businesses, using powers under the Local Government Act 2000, that upset him?

Maybe it was the motion to ensure landlords with a poor track record are subject to more frequent inspections by the city council that concerned him?

Or could it be the two motions to investigate purchasing the Jericho Boatyard and to opt the city into the Sustainable Communities Act which lead to the city bidding for Government funding to buy the boatyard – which Mr Price has been so publicly proud of – that he now feels has nothing to do with the council?

Maybe it was the motion to secure a living wage for council staff that was particularly unpalatable?

Or perhaps it was the motion to implement a Climate Change Action Plan, initiating an award-winning carbon emission reduction plan covering all council services (and saving the council money) that he found a distracting waste of time?

These are just a few examples of the many successful Green Party motions that gained majority support from other party groups on the city council over the past few years.

Perhaps the leader of the council would like to inform residents which of the above he now believes are irrelevant?

ELISE BENJAMIN, Iffley Fields ward city councillor and Sheriff of Oxford, Magdalen Road, Oxford