Special Council – 25 September 2025

Questions Under Standing Order 22

First Questions

Question 1

From Cllr David Harrison to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

How can you present a united case for reorganisation when your own councillors can’t agree which side they’re on?

Question 2

From Cllr Caroline Rackham to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

If adult social care isn’t fragmented and unstable, why does your own evidence say it is?

Question 3

From Cllr Colm McCarthy to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

How can you defend a case the NHS itself has branded ‘damaging’ and ‘unprofessional’?

Question 4

From Cllr Stephanie Osborne to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

Page 120 says the County was ‘unwilling to discuss’ district concerns — who is telling the truth, you or Cllr Adams-King?

Question 5

From Cllr Mark Clark to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

Two of your own Tory councillors, Michael Thierry and Barry Dunning, voted with Hampshire County Council and against New Forest District’s submission. If even your side can’t back the case you signed, why should residents believe it’s credible?

Question 6

From Cllr Alex Wade to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

What effort will be made by NFDC to present what Options 2 and 3 could mean for our Residents and provide a clear view of the likelihood of either proposals not favoured by NFDC being the final outcome?

Second Questions

Question 7

From Cllr Mark Clark to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Jill Cleary

Do you accept that Thierry and Dunning voting against their own district’s position shows party loyalty mattered more to them than representing New Forest residents?