From telling the Government education funding doesn't go all the way, to thanking the Highways department for efforts to fix Gloucestershire's broken roads - county councillors will go head-to-head over six motions next week.

Councillors at Gloucestershire County Council will only have two hours to debate and vote on the six motions at a full council meeting on March 27.

Full council meetings is a meeting of Gloucestershire's 52 councillors and happens six times a year.

Members will make certain kinds of decisions such as changing the council’s constitution or setting the rate of council tax.

Here is what councillors will be discussing next week.

1. Highways

One of the potholes in Tredworth

 

Over the last year, the county council's highways department has resurfaced 100km of road - the equivalent of 103 Gloucester Rugby pitches.

The efforts are part of the county council's a £150million investment to fix the county's roads over a five year period.

There are 165 schemes to be delivered this year, according to the motion by cabinet member for highways Vernon Smith.

In the motion, councillor Smith (C, Tewkesbury East) said: "This has been a huge delivery task that has been conducted with tremendous professionalism and dedication, with remarkably little disruption to the running of the county."

The motion will call on councillors to thank the highways department and suppliers.

2. Gloucester Crown Court

Gloucester Crown Court

 

Councillor Jeremy Hilton (LD, Kingsholm and Wotton) wants councillors to agree to writing to Justice Secretary David Gauke asking for a new Crown Court is built.

Gloucester Crown Court, in Longsmith Street, is a Grade II listed building, but Mr Hilton says it is no longer fit for "modern day criminal justice".

He is calling on councillors to agree to a new Crown Court be built as part of a new 21st Century justice centre, "which may also contain magistrate and county courts".

3. Council education trust

 

Labour leader Lesley Williams wants councillors to consider creating a task and finish group to look at the possibility of forming an education trust.

It would be aimed to allow schools to be part of the county council.

In the motion, councillor Williams (Stonehouse) said some schools do not meet the required standard to deliver a high quality education.

She says it is the Government's intention that "all schools should become academies or part of a multi-academy trust".

4. Parental leave for councillors

A pregnant mother at work (file picture)

 

Council leader Mark Hawthorne is calling on councillors to agree to make steps towards giving them rights to parental and adoptive leave.

Mr Hawthorne (C, Quedgeley) said proper parental leave has been highlighted as an issue affecting women's participation in local government.

5. Fairer funding for Gloucestershire schools

 

A motion being put forward by Liberal Democrats calls on the county council to lobby the Government to give schools in Gloucestershire more money in the 2019 Spending Review.

As it stands, there are 18 schools - three primary and 15 secondary - which receive less from the Government than they are required to have under the national funding formula.

6. Statutory Youth Service

Labour leader Ms Williams has submitted a second motion calling for efforts to campaign for statutory youth services.

In the motion, she said: "Cuts to youth services have devastated the lives of young people by damaging community cohesion, making it harder to stay in formal education, and having a negative impact on their health and wellbeing.

"83 per cent of youth workers say the cuts have had an effect on crime and anti-social behaviour."

Ms Williams added: "There should be a mandated national body with dedicated ring-fenced funding to oversee youth service provision across England."

If voted through, Gloucestershire's six MPs will receive a letter to ask them to support and campaign for statutory youth services.