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RESOLVED:

1.      That this Council
notes:
a)
   Prostate Cancer UK’s
campaign “Boys NEED Bins” which highlights the growing
number of those who suffer with incontinence due to prostate
treatment; and
b)
   that 1 in 8 men will get
prostate cancer and 1 in 3 men over the age of 65 are estimated to
have a urinary incontinence problem in the UK.

2.     
That this Council believes that:
a)
   men who suffer with incontinence
should feel comfortable and dignified and be able to dispose of
their incontinence pads; and
b)
   sanitary bins should be provided
in all toilets so that waste products can be disposed of in a
discreet and hygienic manner.

3.     
That this Council resolves to request the Leader and Chief
Executive of the Council to work with officers of the Council
to:
a)
   roll out a programme to provide
sanitary bins in Council owned accessible toilets as soon as
practicable in the present circumstances both financial and
logistical;
b)
   write to the city’s MPs to
ask them to publicly back the “Boys NEED Bins”
campaign; and
c)
   call on other organisations
across the city to support the campaign and provide sanitary bins
for their employees and public use.