RESOLVED:

That Cabinet agreed that Merton Council should join the Lift the Ban Coalition to give the right to work in any occupation for everyone waiting for more than 6 months for a decision on their asylum claim.

The Cabinet Member for Women and Equalities presented the report and thanked the officers involved for their work on the report.

The Chair thanked the Cabinet member and officers for their work and noted that the recommendation within the report was to consider whether to join the Lift the Ban Coalition and requested that this should be amended to reflect that the Cabinet agreed to join.

It was therefore RESOLVED:

That Cabinet agreed that Merton Council should join the Lift the Ban Coalition to give the right to work in any occupation for everyone waiting for more than 6 months for a decision on their asylum claim.