This is the history for the submission "By Councillor Thomas Kerr:- "Council notes the launch of the #LightTheWay campaign by Clyde News, which asks for safety lighting to be installed along the main routes through Glasgow's parks. Council notes the debate over lighting in parks and green spaces, a long-standing issue raised by runners and women's groups for a number of years, to have been reignited by recent events during COP26 after a police diversion forced women and vulnerable residents to walk through a dimly lit section of Kelvingrove in order to get home. Council is aware of the position expressed via the media that, "We don't encourage people to use our parks at night". Council is unaware of this policy having been endorsed by elected members within this Council term. Conversely, Council believes that as far as possible Glasgow residents should be able to enjoy our parks and green spaces - whether for reasons of leisure, exercise, or simply an accessible travel route. Council notes the position of Rape Crisis Scotland, whose Chief Executive Sandy Bindley has stated: "We're not talking about going into parks at midnight, but this is Scotland in the winter where it is dark from about 4pm…Is the Council really saying that public spaces should be no-go areas for women out with working hours? I think that's unacceptable." Council agrees that this messaging is unacceptable and resolves to reflect on the tone of such communications in recent weeks. Council further notes the #LightTheWay campaign to be supported by expert opinion from the fields of urban planning and lighting design which state it to be possible to both preserve the habitats of nocturnal animals as well as provide further safeguards for Glasgow residents at night time. Council believes this expert opinion to be at least worth investigating further. Council therefore resolves to instruct the Leader of the Council to respond to the Clyde News #LightTheWay campaign on behalf of Glasgow City Council expressing our sympathies with their demands and apologising for the tone of any messaging emanating from this Council which appeared to indicate that women and vulnerable residents should be excluded from accessing public spaces after dark. Council instructs the relevant City Convener to prepare and deliver a public consultation to enable the people of Glasgow to have their say over this crucial issue. In addition to such a consultation, Council further instructs officers to bring a report on the feasibility of implementing additional lighting in city parks to the next meeting of the Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction City Policy Committee."".

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