Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 12 January 2017 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from: Kemi Badenoch AM, for whom Tony Arbour AM attended as a substitute; and Caroline Pidgeon MBE 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 1 December 2016 and 15 December 2016, to be signed by the Chairman as correct records.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Police and Crime Committee meetings held on 1 December 2016 and 15 December 2016 be signed by the Chairman 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 ongoing 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  Members noted that there were a number of outstanding actions from several months before from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and asked officers to request that the Committee receives a response.

4.3  Resolved:

(a)  That the completed and ongoing actions arising from the previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report, be noted.

(b)  That the Metropolitan Police Service be requested to respond to the outstanding actions.

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 response from the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime to its report, Violence Against Women and Girls, as attached at Appendix 1 to this report.

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

5.2  Resolved:

  That the response from the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime to the Committee’s report, Violence Against Women and Girls, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to note the report, as background to putting questions to invited guests on the Mayor’s draft Police and Crime Plan and to note the discussion.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions to invited guests on the Mayor’s draft Police and Crime Plan.

6.2  The Chairman welcomed the following guests:

·  Professor Marian Fitzgerald, Visiting Professor of Criminology University of Kent; 

·  Mr Rory Geoghegan, Founding Director, The Centre for Public Safety; and

·  Gavin Hales, Deputy Director, Police Foundation.

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

6.4  At the end of the discussion, the Chairman thanked the guests for their attendance and very helpful contributions.

6.5  Resolved:

That the report and discussion be noted and that the Chairman write to the guests with any points of clarification.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Agree its updated work programme, as set out in the report; and

(b)  Agree that a site visit to a Metropolitan Police Service custody suite will be held on Wednesday, 1 February 2017.

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

7.2  The Chairman proposed that the Committee’s thematic meeting slot on 9 February 2017 be used for a scrutiny review of policing issue sand electoral fraud and mismanagement in London. 

7.3  Resolved:

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

(b)  That a site visit to a Metropolitan Police Service custody suite be held on Wednesday, 1 February 2017.

(c)  That the Committee’s meeting slot on 9 February 2017 be used for a scrutiny review of policing issue sand electoral fraud and mismanagement in London and that authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, to agree the scoping for the meeting. 

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 Chairman, Steve O’Connell AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s scrutiny of the Mayor’s draft Police and Crime Plan. 

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

8.2  Resolved:

That the recent action taken by the Chairman, Steve O’Connell AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s scrutiny of the Mayor’s draft Police and Crime Plan be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 26 January 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 26 January 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

10.1  There was no other business the Chairman considered urgent.

11.1  The meeting ended at 12.34pm.