Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 17 December 2015 10.00 am

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Tony Arbour AM and Len Duvall 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).

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 meetings of the Police and Crime Committee held on 12 November and 26 November 2015 to be signed by the Chair as correct records.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Police and Crime Committee meetings held on 12 November 2015 and 26 November 2015 be signed by the Chair as correct records.

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: Matt Bailey, [email protected]; 020 7983 4014

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 (MPS), the monthly report from MOPAC, attached at Appendix 1 to the report. 

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

5.1  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).

5.2  The Chair welcomed the following guests to the meeting:

·  Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime;

·  Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, MPS; and

·  Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, MPS.

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

5.4  During the course of the discussion, the Commissioner, MPS undertook to:

·  Provide the number of complaints relating to Taser;

·  Share the options paper on potential changes to services, including the Local Policing Model, once developed with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Mayor;

·  Look into how the MPS might support a London-wide knife surrender;

·  Provide a written response to the Committee’s questions relating to a HMIC Inspection report, The PEEL: Police Effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability), identifying the areas the MPS needs to improve when protecting and supporting vulnerable victims; and

·  Write to the Committee with details of the MPS grant settlement for 2016/17.

5.5  At the end of the discussion, the Chair thanked guests  ...  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 work programme, as set out in the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the updated work programme, as set out in the report, be agreed.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.06pm.