Agenda and minutes
Economy Committee - Wednesday 13 December 2023 2.00 pm

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Anne Clarke AM for whom Unmesh Desai AM attended as a substitute.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Jack Booth, [email protected]

The Committee 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 Committee 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.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 9 November 2023 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 9 November 2023 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Jack Booth, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note the completed and ongoing actions arising from its previous meetings, the additional correspondence received.  

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed and ongoing actions arising from previous meetings, and the additional correspondence received, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact: Tim Gallagher, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests and note the subsequent discussion; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output arising from the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat as background to putting questions on the impact of remote working on Central London to the following invited guests:

·  Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Leader of Islington Council and Deputy Chair of Central London Forward;

·  Kate Hart, Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern City Business Improvement District;

·  Jonathan Seager, Policy Director at BusinessLDN;

·  Rosie Day, Director at the London Property Alliance; and

·  Ben Johnson, Mayoral Head of Business and Economic Policy at the Greater London Authority.

5.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

5.3  During the course of the discussion the Chief Executive Officer of EC BID agreed to:

·  Share EC BID’s report titled Office Politics Around Hybrid Working; and

·  Provide case studies of successful schemes EC BID had worked on.

5.4  During the course of the discussion the Leader of Islington Council and Deputy Chair of Central London Forward agreed to share work Central London Forward and the New Economic Foundation had undertaken to monitor the impact that local authorities and the GLA had on improving the Central Activities Zone (CAZ).

5.5  Resolved:

(a)  That the report and discussion be noted.

(b)  That  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat 

Contact: Tim Gallagher, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note its work programme.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved:

That the work programme be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 11 January 2024 at 2.00pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 11 January 2024 at 2.00pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 4.28pm.