Agenda and minutes
Confirmation Hearings Committee - Monday 20 February 2017 2.30 pm

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Jennette Arnold OBE AM, for whom Leonie Cooper AM attended as a substitute; Len Duvall AM, for whom Nicky Gavron AM attended as a substitute; and Steve O’Connell AM, for whom Keith Prince AM attended as a substitute.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Joanna Brown, [email protected] and Teresa Young, [email protected]; 020 7983 6559

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  Resolved:

(a)  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; and

(b)  That the gifts and hospitality received by Members, as set out in the Authority’s gifts and hospitality register, be noted.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Confirmation Hearings Committee held on 9 June 2016 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting of 9 June 2016 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Joanna Brown, [email protected] and Teresa Young, [email protected]; 020 7983 6559

The Committee is recommended to:

PART A:

(a)  Note the following background information:

·  The letter from the Mayor to the Chairman of the London Assembly (received 8 February 2017) advising the Assembly of his proposed appointment of Dr Liz Goodwin OBE to the office of Chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board (Appendix 1);

·  The letter from the Chairman of the Assembly to the Mayor which confirms notice of a Confirmation Hearing in respect of the appointment and requests information about the role and responsibilities of the Chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board and a summary of the key priorities for that organisation (Appendix 2); and

·  The letter from the Chairman of the Assembly to Dr Liz Goodwin OBE which confirms notice of the Confirmation Hearings Committee meeting in respect of the appointment and the formal notice from the Head of Paid Service (Appendix 3).

(b)  Note any information received after publication of the agenda;

PART B:

(c)  Put questions to the Mayor’s proposed appointee to the office of Chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board; and

PART  ...  view the full agenda text for item 4.

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

4.2  Before moving to the question and answer session with the Mayor’s nominee for the office of Chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board, the Chair asked the Committee to formally note the background information circulated with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

The next meeting of the Committee has not been scheduled.

5.1  The Committee noted that no further meetings of the Committee had been scheduled.

6.1  There was no business the Chair considered urgent.

7.1  The meeting ended at 3.25pm.