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Standards Committee
20 May 2008
10.00am
Committee Room 4, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
Members of the Committee
Seye Aina (Independent Member)
Tony Arbour AM
Victoria Borwick AM
Len Duvall AM
Simon Green (Independent Member)
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Claer Lloyd-Jones (Independent Member)
Caroline Pidgeon AM
Murad Qureshi AM
A meeting of the Committee will be held to deal with the following business. This meeting has access for people with a disability and there are induction loops in the Committee Rooms. The meeting is open to the public.
Mark Roberts, Executive Director of Secretariat
12 May 2008
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Agenda
Downloadable files for agenda papers are grouped at the end of the page, linked from the appropriate agenda item.
1. Election of Chair and Deputy Chair
In accordance with the Standing Orders of the Greater London Authority, the Committee is requested to elect its Chair and Deputy Chair for the 2008/09 Assembly Year or for such period as the Committee determines.
[The Clerk to the Committee will open the meeting and conduct the election of the Chair; the elected Chair will then preside over the election of the Deputy Chair.]
2. Apologies for Absence and Chair’s Announcements
To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.
3. Declarations of Interests
To note membership of Functional Bodies and London Borough Councils and to declare any other personal or prejudicial interest in specific items of the agenda.
4. Minutes
To note the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 27 February 2008 as a correct record of that meeting.
5. Summary List of Actions
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.
To note the actions arising from the previous meetings of the Standards Committee.
6. Corporate Governance Review
Oral update by Claer Lloyd-Jones, Independent Member.
7. Role and Responsibilities of the GLA Standards Committee
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat and Head of Legal and Procurement.
Recommendation: The Committee is asked to consider and approve the terms of reference for the GLA Standards Committee.
8. Local Handling of Complaints
Report of the Head of Legal and Procurement.
Recommendations - that the Committee notes:
- That, on 8th May 2008, Regulations came into effect which introduced a new ethical standards regime, whereby the GLA’s Standards Committee rather than the Standards Board for England (“SBE”) is now responsible for handling and determining complaints that a member has breached the GLA’s Code of Conduct
- The new Regulations (attached at Appendix 1); and notes the Guidance and Bulletin 38 (attached at Appendix 2) produced by the SBE to assist authorities in operating the new ethical standards regime
- That a further report will be submitted under a supplementary agenda for its meeting on 20th May 2008, which will ask the Committee to make various decisions in relation to the new ethical standards regime
9. Politically Restricted Posts
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.
10. Appointment of Independent Members
Report of the Head of Committee and Member Services.
11.Work Programme
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.
Recommendation: that the Committee agrees the proposed programme for 2008/09.
12. Training for Members – Annual Assembly of Standards Committees
Report of the Head of Legal and Procurement.
Recommendation: that the Committee consider approving and nominating up to four delegates to attend the Standards Board for England Annual Assembly of Standards Committees in Birmingham.
13. Date of Next Meeting
The next scheduled meeting of the Committee is to be held on Wednesday 23 July 2008 at 10.00am.
14. Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent
15. Informal Training Session for Members
Further information
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