Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 24 September 2015 10.00 am

1.1  There were no apologies for absence.

1.2  The Chair welcomed Kemi Badenoch AM to her first meeting of the Police and Crime Committee.

The Committee is recommended to note, further to the decisions on committee memberships agreed by the Assembly at its Extraordinary Plenary Meeting on 16 September 2015, the appointment of Kemi Badenoch AM as a Member of the Committee.  The Membership of the Committee is now as follows:

Joanne McCartney AM (Chair)

Jenny Jones AM (Deputy Chair)

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM (Deputy Chair)

Tony Arbour AM

Jennette Arnold OBE AM

Kemi Badenoch AM

Andrew Dismore AM

Len Duvall AM

Roger Evans AM

2.1  Resolved:

(a)  That, further to the decisions on committee memberships agreed by the London Assembly at its Extraordinary Plenary Meeting on 16 September 2015, the appointment of Kemi Badenoch AM as a Member of the Committee, be noted.  

(b)  That it be noted that the Membership of the Committee is now as follows:

Joanne McCartney AM (Chair);

Jenny Jones AM (Deputy Chair);

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM (Deputy Chair);

Tony Arbour AM;

Jennette Arnold OBE AM;

Kemi Badenoch AM;

Andrew Dismore AM;

Len Duvall AM; and

Roger Evans AM.

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).

3.1  Resolved:

(a)  That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 3, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

(b)  That Andrew Dismore AM’s declaration of a non-pecuniary interest in relation to Agenda Item 6 (Question and Answer Session with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service), and in particular the discussion relating to the Notting Hill Carnival, be noted.

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 note the outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report.

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report, be noted.

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 note the recent action taken by the Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, Joanne McCartney AM, under delegated authority, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members, namely to:

(a)  Agree the terms of reference and scope for the Committee’s investigation into transport crime; and

(b)  Agree a response to the Home Office Consultation on reform of police funding arrangements in England and Wales by the deadline of 15 September 2015.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the recent action taken by the Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, Joanne McCartney AM,  under delegated authority, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members, be noted as follows:

(a)  To agree the terms of reference and scope for the Committee’s investigation into transport crime; and

(b)  To agree a response to the Home Office Consultation on reform of police funding arrangements in England and Wales by the deadline of 15 September 2015.

5.3  Following the conclusion of this item, the Chair stated that in accordance with Standing Order 2.2D and with the consent of the Committee, she would take the remainder of the agenda in a different order to that set out on the agenda.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Becky Short, [email protected]; 020 7983 4760

The Committee is recommended to note the work programme, as set out at paragraph 4.1 of the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the work programme as set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report, be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 8 October 2015 at 2pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 8 October 2015 at 2pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Becky Short, [email protected]; 020 7983 4760

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note, as background to the question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service, the monthly report from MOPAC attached at Appendix 1; and

(b)  Note the report and answers given by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service to the questions asked by Members.

9.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to the question and answer session with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police service (MPS).

9.2  The Chair welcomed Stephen Greenhalgh, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, MPS, to the meeting.

9.3  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

9.4  During the discussion, the Commissioner, MPS, undertook to provide the Committee with:

·  An update on the shortfall in the budget of £1.6 million related to transport policing; and

·  An analysis of how the various strands of Operation Omega contributed to tackling violence.

9.5  During the discussion on the future funding of the MPS, the Commissioner, MPS, proposed that the Committee meet informally with him and the Deputy Commissioner to receive a briefing on the options that the MPS was considering to deal with a potential reduction in its future funding.

9.6  The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, MPS, left the meeting at 12.15pm and the Chair thanked them for their attendance and contributions to the discussion.

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10.1  The meeting ended at 12.37pm.