Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 11 February 2016 10.00 am

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Kemi Badenoch AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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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.

(b)  That it be noted that Members of the Committee had received hospitality from the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard on 9 February 2016.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 14 January 2016 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 14 January 2016 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note the outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee and additional correspondence, 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

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The Committee is recommended to note the recent action taken by the Chair, Joanne McCartney AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the scope for the meeting of the Committee on 11 February 2016 on crime on London’s roads.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the recent action taken by the Chair, Joanne McCartney AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the scope for the meeting of the Committee on 11 February 2016 on Crime on London’s Roads, be noted.

In accordance with Standing Order 2.2D and with the consent of the Committee, the Chair stated that she would take Agenda Item 7 (Police and Crime Committee Work Programme) next.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to:

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

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s report arising from its scrutiny review of Crime on Public Transport.

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

6.2  Resolved:

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

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s report arising from its scrutiny review of Crime on Public Transport.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests on crime and anti-social behaviour on London’s roads, and note the discussion.

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions to invited guests on crime on London’s roads.

7.2  The Chair welcomed the following guests:

·  Chief Superintendent Paul Rickett, Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC), Metropolitan Police Service (MPS);

·  Harriet Harvey, Senior Commercial Manager, MPS;

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

·  Amy Aeron-Thomas, Advocacy and Justice Manager, RoadPeace; and

·  Tom Bogdanowicz, Senior Policy and Development Officer, London Cycling Campaign (LCC).

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

7.4  During the course of the discussion Chief Superintendent Paul Rickett and Harriet Harvey, MPS agreed to provide:

·  Details about rules in the United Kingdom about driving with overseas driving licenses and overseas registered vehicles;

·  Details on the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) agreed by TfL to monitor the RTPC’s performance;

·  Information on the number of police officers abstracted from the RTPC to the Central Command;

·  The number of successful prosecutions by the Crown Prosecution Service using photographic evidence collected by the public;

·  Detail of considerations of the safety of pedestrians on Pentonville Road in Islington High Street;

·  Detail on the cost to the MPS of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 25 February 2016 at 10.00 am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 25 February 2016 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.59 pm.