Agenda and minutes
Housing Committee - Tuesday 5 July 2016 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Tony Devenish AM, for whom Steve O’Connell AM substituted.

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  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 7 June 2016 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 June 2016 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lorraine Ford, [email protected]; 020 7983 4394

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to the invited guests on supported housing in London, and notes the subsequent discussion; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output from the discussion.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on supported housing in London to the following invited guests:

·  Lee Buss, Director of Operations, evolve Housing + Support;

·  Chris Hampson, Chief Executive, Look Ahead Care and Support;

·  Jon Lillistone, Head of Commercial, Innovation and Insight, Triborough Adult Social Care; and

·  Jamie Ratcliff, Assistant Director, Programme, Policy and Services, Greater London Authority (GLA).

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

4.3  During the course of the discussion, Chris Hampson, Chief Executive, Look Ahead Care and Support undertook to provide information on the Experts by Experience Programme.

4.4  During the course of the discussion, the Assistant Director, Programme, Policy and Services, Greater London Authority (GLA) undertook to detail the split between housing association, local authority, private sector and community group providers during phase one of the Mayor’s Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund.  He also undertook to consider what more could be done to promote the Mayor’s Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund.

4.5  Resolved:

That the report and discussion be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Georgina Wells, [email protected]; 020 7983 4510

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Agree, in principle, to recommend to the GLA Oversight Committee the appointment of Leonie Cooper AM to carry out an investigation into the need for revised planning guidance to ensure biodiversity protection and enhancement in new housing developments.

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the party Group Lead Members, to agree a detailed scoping document, including terms of reference, for the investigation.

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

5.2  Resolved:

(a)  That it be agreed, in principle, to recommend to the GLA Oversight Committee the appointment of Leonie Cooper AM to carry out an investigation into the need for revised planning guidance to ensure biodiversity protection and enhancement in new housing developments.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party group Lead Members, to agree a detailed scoping document, including terms of reference, for the investigation.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lorraine Ford, s[email protected]; 020 7983 4394

The Committee is recommended to:

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

(b)  Agree to use its meeting slot on 1 November 2016 for a discussion with invited guests as part of the proposed investigation on making Transport for London land work for Londoners, with the scope and terms of reference outlined at paragraphs 4.1 – 4.4 of the report;

(c)  Agree to cancel its formal meetings on 6 September and 6 October 2016 and instead hold a series of informal sessions and a site visit as part of the investigation, as outlined at paragraph 4.4 of this report; and

(d)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the scope and terms of reference for the Committee’s meeting on 6 December 2016, as outlined at paragraphs 4.5 – 4.6 of the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme be agreed, as set out in the report;

(b)  That it be agreed to use the Committee’s meeting slot on 1 November 2016 for a discussion with invited guests as part of the proposed investigation ‘Making Transport for London Land Work for Londoners”, with the scope and terms of reference outlined at paragraphs 4.1 – 4.4 of the report;

(c)  That it be agreed to cancel the formal meetings on 6 September and 6 October 2016 in favour of a series of informal sessions and a site visit as part of the investigation, as outlined at paragraph 4.4 of this report; and

(d)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the scope and terms of reference for the Committee’s meeting on 6 December 2016, as outlined at paragraphs 4.5 – 4.6 of this report.

Subject to the recommendations at Agenda Item 6, the next formal meeting of the Committee is proposed to be Tuesday, 1 November 2016 at 10.00 am in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, 1 November 2016 at 10.00 am 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 11.44 am.