Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 12 November 2015 10.00 am

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Andrew Dismore AM and Roger Evans AM.

1.2  During the meeting, the Chair welcomed students from the London Metropolitan University, who observed the meeting from the public gallery.

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:

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 Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 8 October 2015 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Police and Crime Committee meeting held on 8 October 2015 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 note the completed and outstanding 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 the previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Janette Roker, [email protected]; 020 7983 6562

The Committee is recommended to note the report, as background to putting questions to invited guests on crime on public transport in London, and to note the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions about crime on public transport in London to the following invited guests:

·  Commander Jeremy Burton, Criminal Justice and Roads Policing,  Metropolitan Police Service (MPS);

·  Chief Superintendent Paul Rickett, Roads and Policing Command, MPS;

·  Chief Constable Paul Crowther OBE, British Transport Police (BTP);

·  Detective Chief Superintendent Jeffrey Davies, City of London Police;

·  Steve Burton, Director of Enforcement and On-street Operations, Transport for London (TfL);

·  Keith Foley, Head of Night Tube, London Underground;

·  Stella Morris, Head of Security and Revenue Protection Strategy, Govia Thameslink Railway; and

·  Neal Lawson, Director Maintenance and Operational Services, Network Rail.

5.2  The Chair stated that this was the second of two question and answer sessions on crime on public transport. 

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

5.4  During the discussion, the Head of Security and Revenue Protection Strategy, Govia Thameslink Railway, agreed to provide the Committee with details of the Eyewitness initiative and a trial campaign linked to passenger behaviour.

5.5  During the discussion, the Director of Enforcement and On-street Operations, TfL, agreed to provide the Committee with:

·  A breakdown by borough of perception  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to note the response from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to its report, Breaking the cycle: reducing youth reoffending in London, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the response for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to the Committee’s report, Breaking the cycle: reducing youth reoffending in London, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the work programme, as set out in the report;

(b)  Agree to use its meeting on 3 December 2015 for an investigation into alcohol related crime; and

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members, to agree the scope for the Committee’s investigation into alcohol related crime.

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme, as set out in the report, be noted.

(b)  That the Committee’s meeting slot on 3 December 2015 be used for an investigation into alcohol related crime.

(c)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the scope for the Committee’s investigation into alcohol related crime.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 10am in the Chamber at City Hall.

8.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.42pm.