Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 26 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 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.

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, and additional correspondence, as listed in the report.

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

3.2  Resolved:

That the completed and ongoing actions arising from the 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:

(a)  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 Committee’s output from its scrutiny review of the policing and security of Notting Hill Carnival; and

(b)  To note its report, Notting Hill Carnival: safer and better, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

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

4.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the recent actions 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 Committee’s output from its scrutiny review of the policing and security of Notting Hill Carnival, be noted.

(b)  That the Committee’s report, Notting Hill Carnival: safer and better, 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 report as background to putting questions to invited guests on the Mayor’s Draft Police and Crime Plan, and note the discussion.

(b)  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 the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

(c)  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.

5.1  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.  The discussion was divided into two sessions: the first focussed on the Mayor’s proposals for the criminal justice system; and the second session was the monthly question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), with focus on the Mayor’s Draft Police and Crime Plan.

5.2  The following guests were in attendance for the first session on the Mayor’s Draft Police and Crime Plan:

·  Ben Summerskill OBE, Director, Criminal Justice Alliance;

·  Bernadette Keane, Victims Services Director for London, Victim Support; and

·  Evan Jones, Head of Community Services, St Giles Trust.

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

5.4  In the monthly question and answer session with Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the MPS, the Committee put questions to:

·  Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; and

·  Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, MPS.

5.5  A transcript of the discussion during the second session is attached at Appendix 2.

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Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to:

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

(b)  Note that the date of its question and answer meeting in March will be Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 10am instead of Thursday, 23 March 2017 at 10am.

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 it be noted that the date of the Police and Crime Committee’s Question and Answer Session in March will be held on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 10am instead of Thursday, 23 March 2017 at 10am.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 9 February 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 9 February 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There was no other business the Chairman considered urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.50pm.