Agenda and minutes
Economy Committee - Thursday 5 March 2015 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from the Deputy Chair, Fiona Twycross AM, for whom Tom Copley AM substituted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  David Pealing, [email protected], 020 7983 5525

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

2.2  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 Committee held on 15 January 2015 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 15 January 2015 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: David Pealing; [email protected]; 020 7983 5525

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

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: David Pealing; [email protected]; 020 7983 5525

The Committee is recommended to note recent action taken by certain Economy Committee Members under the authority delegated to them, namely:

(a)  The Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, agreed the arrangements for a stakeholder engagement event with business on climate change risks (the details of which are attached at Appendix 1 to the report);

(b)  The Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, wrote to the Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise on topics arising from the Committee meeting held on 15 January 2015 (as attached at Appendix 2 to the report); and

(c)  Fiona Twycross AM, as the Assembly’s previous rapporteur on food poverty, agreed letters to stakeholders based on the recommendations made in the Committee’s report A Zero Hunger City (copies of the letters are attached at Appendices 3 – 5 to the report).

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the following action taken by certain Economy Committee Members under the authority delegated to them be noted, namely:

(a)  The Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, agreed the arrangements for a stakeholder engagement event with business on climate change risks (the details of which are attached at Appendix 1 to the report);

(b)  The Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, wrote to the Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise on topics arising from the Committee meeting held on 15 January; and

(c)  Fiona Twycross AM, as the Assembly’s previous rapporteur on food poverty, agreed letters to stakeholders based on the recommendations made in the Committee’s report A Zero Hunger City.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to putting questions to experts and other stakeholders on supporting microbusinesses in London, and note the subsequent discussion.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on supporting microbusiness in London to the following invited guests:

·  Benedict Dellot, Senior Researcher, The RSA;

·  Dr Jessica Ferm, Senior Teaching Fellow, The Bartlett, University College London and Ex?officio Member, Open Workspaces Providers Group;

·  Diana Sterck, Chief Executive, Merton Chamber of Commerce;

·  Paul Mayhew, Association of Community Based Business Advice; and

·  Simon Pitkeathley, Chief Executive, Camden Town Unlimited and Member, Open Workspaces Providers Group.

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

6.3  Resolved:

That the report and discussion be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the Mayor’s response to the Committee’s work on apprenticeships in London, as set out at Appendix 1; and

(b)  Note the initial follow-up proposals to its work on apprenticeships, as set out at Appendix 2, which will be subject to a decision by the Committee as part of its 2015/16 work programme.

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

7.2  Resolved:

That the Mayor’s response to the Committee’s work on apprenticeships in London, and the initial follow-up proposals to the Committee’s work on apprenticeships be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542

The Committee is recommended to note the report summarising the responses from stakeholders to the Committee’s summary report on climate change risks to the London economy.

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

8.2   Resolved:

That the report summarising the responses from stakeholders to the Committee’s summary report on climate change risks to the London economy be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542

The Committee is recommended to note the Mayor’s response to the Committee’s work on internships, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report, and notes the follow?up actions taken by the Committee, as detailed at Appendix 2 to the report.

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

9.2   Resolved:

That the Mayor’s response to the Committee’s work on internships and the follow up actions taken by the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the record of its work in the 2014/15 Assembly year; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the indicative work programme, including the topics for the first two meetings, for the 2015/16 Assembly year, subject to a decision of the London Assembly at its Annual Meeting to re-establish the Committee.

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

10.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the record of the Committee’s work in the 2014/15 Assembly year be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the indicative work programme, including the topics for the first two meetings, for the 2015/16 Assembly year, subject to a decision of the London Assembly at its Annual Meeting to re-establish the Committee.

Subject to confirmation at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting on 13 May 2015, the next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 18 June 2015 at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

11.1  Subject to confirmation at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting on 13 May 2015, the next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Thursday, 18 June 2015 at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

12.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

13.1  The meeting ended at 11.55 am.