Agenda and minutes
Economy Committee - Tuesday 17 January 2017 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Kemi Badenoch AM, for whom Andrew Boff AM substituted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Rachel Greenwood, [email protected], 020 7983 4285

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 13 December 2016 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 December 2016 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Rachel Greenwood, [email protected], 020 7983 4285

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

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 meeting of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to the discussion with invited guests on the short-term and long-term effects of the EU exit on migration and migration policy in London; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair to agree any output arising from the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on the EU exit and migration to the following invited guests:

·  Madeleine Sumption, Director, Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford;

·  David Goodhart, Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration, Policy Exchange;

·  Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future;

·  Danny Mortimer, Director of Employment Relations & Reward, NHS Employers;

·  Ufi Ibrahim, Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association; and

·  Piotr Kubalka, Chief Executive Officer, Capital Business Links Ltd, and Member of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce.

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

5.3  During the course of the discussion, Members requested the following additional information:

·  Once completed, a copy of the KPMG report commissioned by the British Hospitality Association to provide evidence of the number of EU migrants employed by the hospitality industry, what sorts of roles they are doing regionally and geographically, and how they are spread across the UK; and

·  A link to the House of Commons Library report on the proportions of people who are employed in the NHS, both from within the EU, and from outside of the EU.

5.4  Resolved:

(a)  That the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Carmen Musonda, [email protected]; 020 7983 4351

The Committee is recommended to note the work programme and priorities for 2016/17, as set out at paragraphs 4.2 – 4.6 of the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the Committee’s work programme and priorities for 2016/17, as set out at paragraphs 4.2 – 4.6 of the report, be agreed.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, 21 February 2017 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The date of the next meeting of the Committee was confirmed as Tuesday, 21 February 2017 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

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

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.17pm.