Agenda and minutes
London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) - Wednesday 19 October 2016 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Kemi Badenoch AM, Andrew Boff AM, Leonie Cooper AM, Andrew Dismore AM, Len Duvall AM and Steve O’Connell AM.

1.2  The Chairman welcomed to the public gallery A-level politics students from Westminster Kingsway College, civil servants from Hong Kong, studying at  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

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 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 Assembly is recommended to confirm the minutes of the London Assembly meetings held on 7 September 2016 (Plenary) and 14 September 2016 (Mayor’s Question Time) to be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes from the London Assembly (Plenary) meeting held on 7 September 2016 and the London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) meeting held on 14 September 2016 be signed by the Chairman as correct records.

(To be circulated separately)

Part A:

The Assembly will put questions to the Mayor.

Part B:

Motion submitted in the name of the Chairman:

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

5.1  The record of the discussion with the Mayor, including oral answers given by the Mayor to Members’ questions, is attached as Appendix 2.

5.2  The written answers to those questions not asked or unanswered during the meeting is attached as Appendix 3.

5.3  During the course of the question  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of: Monitoring Officer 

Contact: Ed Williams, [email protected], tel: 020 7983 4399

The Assembly is asked to note the report and agree to sign up to the Greater London Authority Group Framework Agreement, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, subject to its approval by the Mayor.

6.1  The Assembly received the report of the Monitoring Officer.

6.2  Resolved:

That the Assembly notes the report and agrees to sign up to the Greater London Authority Group Framework Agreement, as set out in Appendix 1 to this report, subject to its approval by the Mayor.

London Assembly (Plenary) Meeting – 2 November 2016

It is proposed that the Assembly uses the Assembly (Plenary) meeting on 2 November 2016 meeting principally to hold a question and answer session with Rajesh Agrawal, Chair, London & Partners, and Andrew Cooke, Acting Chief Executive, London & Partners, on the work of London & Partners.

Recommendation:

That the Assembly agrees to use the 2 November 2016 meeting principally to hold a question and answer session with Rajesh Agrawal, Chair of London & Partners, and Andrew Cooke, Acting Chief Executive of London & Partners, on the work of London & Partners.

7.1  Resolved:

That the Assembly agrees to use the 2 November 2016 meeting principally to hold a question and answer session with Rajesh Agrawal, Chair of London & Partners and Andrew Cooke, Acting Chief Executive of London & Partners, on the work of London & Partners.

The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly will be the Plenary meeting which will take place at 10.00am on Wednesday 16 November 2016 in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly would be the Plenary meeting which would take place at 10:00am on Wednesday 2 November 2016 in the chamber, City Hall

9.1  There was no urgent business.

10.1  The meeting closed at 12:39pm.