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Transport Committee
Extraordinary Meeting: 2 June 2008
10.45am
Committee Room 5, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA
Members of the Committee
Valerie Shawcross – Chair
Caroline Pidgeon – Deputy Chair
Victoria Borwick
James Cleverly
Roger Evans
Jenny Jones
Joanne McCartney
Murad Qureshi
Richard Tracey
An urgent meeting of the Committee has been called by the Chair of the Committee to deal with the business listed below. This meeting will be open to the public. There is access for disabled people, and induction loops are available.
Mark Roberts
Executive Director, Secretariat
28 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. To Ratify the Calling of the Meeting in Accordance with Standing
Order 1.7
The Chair has agreed that this meeting be called as a matter of urgency
due to the need to transact business on the agenda. It was not possible
for the notice of the meeting, and related papers, to be published 5
clear working days in advance of the meeting as supporting material for
the report was not available by that date.
Under s100B(4)(b) of the
Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the Chair considers that the
items on the agenda should be considered as a matter of urgency as the business
to which they relate requires consideration at the earliest opportunity.
The Committee is asked to ratify this decision and proceed with the meeting.
2. Apologies for Absence and Chair’s Announcements
To receive any
apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.
3. Declarations of Interests
The Committee is asked 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, including interests arising from any gifts
or hospitality received since 12 September 2007.
4. Membership of the Committee
The Committee is recommended to note the
membership and chairing arrangements for the Committee as agreed by the
Annual Meeting of the Assembly on 9 May 2008 as follows:
Valerie Shawcross – Chair
Caroline Pidgeon – Deputy Chair
Victoria Borwick
James Cleverly
Roger Evans
Jenny Jones
Joanne McCartney
Murad Qureshi
Richard Tracey
5. Terms of Reference and Standing Delegations to Chair
The Committee
is recommended:
(a) to note the following terms of reference for the
Committee
- To examine and report from time to time on –
the strategies,
policies and actions of the Mayor, Transport for London, and the other Functional
Bodies where appropriate
matters of importance to Greater London as they
relate to transport in London
- To examine and report to the Assembly
from time to time on the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, in particular
its implementation and revision
- To take into account in its deliberations
the cross cutting themes of: the health of persons in Greater London;
the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom; and
the promotion of opportunity
- To oversee the work of the London Transport
Users’ Committee,
to receive regular monitoring reports from that Committee and support
its consultative programme. To negotiate with the Mayor for the annual budget
for the London Transport Users’ Committee and to recommend to the
Assembly, through the Budget Committee, an annual budget for the London
Transport Users’ Committee.
- To discharge the responsibilities and
functions of the Assembly in respect of the London Transport Users’ Committee
under the GLA Act 1999, in particular sections 247 – 252 and Schedules
18 and 19.
- To respond on behalf of the Assembly to consultations
and similar processes when within its terms of reference
(b) to note the
following delegations to the Chair of the Transport Committee:
- Transport
Committee, on 16th September 2004, resolved:
“That the Committee
delegate a general authority to the Chair, following consultation with
the lead Members of the party groups on the Committee, to respond on its
behalf where it is consulted on issues by organisations and there is insufficient
time to consider the consultation at a Committee meeting”.
- Transport
Committee on 21st July 2005 resolved:
“To delegate the Chair of the
Transport Committee, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to take action
in accordance with the functions of the Assembly listed in respect of
the London Transport Users Committee (LTUC) under the GLA Act 1999.”
- Transport
Committee on 9th June 2005 resolved:
“Future requests by LTUC office
holders to take on directorships/offices in other organisations be delegated
to the Chair of the Transport Committee in consultation with the Party
Spokespeople on the Transport Committee and following advice from the Executive
Director of Secretariat.
[It is a requirement of the Terms and Conditions
of Membership of LTUC that the appointee will “seek the London Assembly’s
approval if he/she wishes to assume any further directorships or offices
at any time during the period of their appointment”]”
6. Chairman
of London TravelWatch
Report of the Executive Director of
Secretariat
The Committee is recommended:
1.1 To note that the contents of this
report and its appendices are in the public domain and to decide
(a) whether
to resolve that information circulated to Members in confidence advance
of this meeting (a letter from Chairman of London TravelWatch dated 23 May
2008; a letter from the Deputy Chair dated 19 May 2008; and an email from
a board member dated 22 May) should not be disclosed to the public; and
(b) whether
to resolve that, the meeting should move into private session to consider
recommendations 1.3 and 1.4 (namely whether Mr Cooke breached his terms
of appointment and what, if any, action to take against him).
1.2 The
Committee is recommended to consider the action of the Chairman of London
TravelWatch in issuing a personal statement over the weekend of 26/27
April 2008 in relation to the Mayoral election held on 1 May 2008, and to
do so in the light of the terms and conditions of the Chairman’s appointment,
the Guidance Note to Members/Chairman signed by all office-holders before
they took up office, and the Chairman’s response to complaints received.
1.3 If the Committee determines that the Chairman’s personal
statement was in breach of the terms of his appointment and the conditions
under which he holds office, to decide on any appropriate action, subject
to informal consultation with the Department for Transport as necessary.
7. Date of Next Meeting
Wednesday 25 June 2008 at 3.00pm
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