The week ahead at the London Assembly

3 SEPTEMBER 2010

Public meetings, events and report launches coming up next week.

PUBLIC MEETINGS: 

Tuesday 7 September 2010
2012 sporting legacy
Economic Development, Culture, Sport and Tourism Committee – 10am in Committee Room 5
The Committee will question the following guests on what progress has been made towards boosting sports participation and widening access in time for the 2012 Games[1]

  • Kate Hoey MP, Mayor’s Sports Commissioner
  • Stewart Lucas, Chief Executive, Interactive: Disabled Equality in Sport

MEDIA CONTACT: Alastair Cowan on 020 7983 4504

Wednesday 8 September 2010
Question time with the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA)
London Assembly Plenary – 10am in the Chamber
The Assembly will question the following guests on the work and priorities of LFEPA

  • Brian Coleman AM, Chairman of LFEPA
  • Ron Dobson, Commissioner of LFEPA

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Demery on 020 7983 5769

Wednesday 8 September 2010
Rain and river flooding
Environment Committee – 3pm in the Chamber
The Committee will question the following guests about what can be done to manage the risk of rain water and river flooding[2] in the Capital

  • Martin Powell, Interim Mayoral Adviser on the Environment
  • Dave Bedlington, Environment Agency
  • Mike Long, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • David Farrell, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • Richard Aylard, Thames Water
  • Kyle Robins, Thames Water
  • Nick Starling, Association of British Insurers

MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Moore or Julie Wheldon on 020 7983 4228

Thursday 9 September 2010
Underground engineering train incident + Transport accessibility
Transport Committee – 2.30pm in Committee Room 5
The Committee will start by questioning Richard Parry, Strategy and Commercial Director for London Underground, about an incident on 13 August when a driverless engineering train ran four miles down the Northern Line.

From approx 3pm
The Committee will then move on to question the following guests on disabled access to London Underground, bus and rail services[3]

  • Richard Parry, Strategy and Commercial Director, London Underground
  • Mike Weston, Operations Director for Surface Transport, TfL
  • Geoff Hobbs, Head of Planning, London Rail, TfL
  • David Sindall, Head of Disability and Inclusion, Association of Train Operating Companies
  • Gary Tordoff, Route Enhancement Manager and Access for All Programme Sponsor, Network Rail

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Demery on 020 7983 5769

Ends

Notes for Editors: 

  1. More details of the sports participation investigation
  2. More details of the flood risk investigation
  3. More details of the disabled access investigation
  4. Meetings are held at City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA and are open to the media and members of the public.
  5. All our public meetings are webcast live and are available online for up to six months.
  6. As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.

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