Agenda and minutes
London Assembly (Plenary) - Thursday 1 December 2022 10.00 am

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Peter Fortune AM and Dr Onkar Sahota AM (Chair).

1.2  Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair) assumed the Chair for the duration of the meeting.

1.3  The Assembly observed a minutes silence in recognition of road traffic deaths in London over the past year.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Davena Toyinbo, [email protected], 07521 266519

The Assembly is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

Part A:

The Chair will put the following question to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and Sir Mark Rowley QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis:

“What are the biggest challenges with regards to policing and crime in London, and how are you and the Metropolitan Police Service delivering for Londoners?”

Assembly Members will then put supplementary questions to the aforementioned guests, arising from the Chair’s question and the answer received.

Part B:

Motion submitted in the name of the Chair:

“That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked.”

Part A:

3.1  The Assembly put questions to the following guests on policing and crime in London:

·  Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London; and

·  Sir Mark Rowley QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

3.2  The record of the questions put by Assembly Members and the answers given is attached as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Davena Toyinbo, [email protected], 07521 266519

The Assembly is recommended to consider the motions submitted by Assembly Members.

4.1  At the start of the debate on the motions set out on the agenda, the Deputy Chair explained that, in accordance with Standing Order 4.2A and following informal discussions with Assembly party Groups, he had agreed to vary the time limits for speeches for the remainder of the meeting  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Davena Toyinbo, [email protected], 07521 266519

The Assembly is recommended to note the commitments made by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, during London Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meetings held between August 2022 and October 2022.

5.1  The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

5.2  Resolved:

That the commitments made by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, during London Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meetings held between August 2022 and October 2022, be noted.

It is proposed that the London Assembly uses the 9 February 2023 Plenary meeting principally to hold a question and answer session with Baroness Twycross, Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience and Andy Roe, London Fire Commissioner, on the work and policies of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) and resilience matters.

The above date is being held in the diaries of the proposed attendees.

The Assembly is recommended to agree to use the 9 February 2023 Plenary meeting principally to hold a question and answer session on the work and policies of the London Fire Brigade and resilience matters, and under section 61 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, require Baroness Twycross, Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience and Andy Roe, London Fire Commissioner, to attend from 10am to answer questions, for which notice will be given in due course in accordance with section 62 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

6.1  Susan Hall AM enquired as to whether the Mayor had been invited to attend the meeting on the 9 February 2023, noting the recent concerns regarding the London Fire Brigade highlighted by the independent culture review, and expressed it would be important for the Mayor to attend.

6.2  The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly will be the Mayor’s Question Time meeting which will take place at 10.00am on Thursday 15 December 2022 in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly was the Mayor’s Question Time meeting which would take place at 10.00am on Thursday 15 December 2022 in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  In accordance with section 100(B)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chair agreed to accept an urgent item of business, namely an urgent motion under Standing Order 1.10A, on the grounds that the subject of the motion became news after the motion deadline, and the subject of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

8.3  Upon being put to the vote, the Assembly unanimously agreed to treat the motion as urgent under Standing Order 1.10A(2) and to consider it.

8.4  Anne Clarke AM proposed, and Susan Hall AM seconded the following motion:

  “This Assembly welcomes the publication of the London Fire Brigade’s Independent Culture  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8a

9.1  The meeting finished at 3.23pm.