Agenda and minutes
Environment Committee - Wednesday 9 July 2014 2.00 pm

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Stephen Knight AM and James Cleverly AM, for whom Roger Evans AM attended as a substitute member. In the absence of the Chair, the Deputy Chair, Murad Qureshi AM, assumed the Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

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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 Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 3 June 2014 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Environment Committee meeting held on 3 June 2014 be signed by the Deputy Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note the completed 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 actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the responses received to the Committee’s report, Moor or Less; Moorings on London’s Waterways; and

(b)  Note the standing delegation to Jenny Jones AM as rapporteur to lead any follow-up work in consultation with party Group Lead Members, as agreed at the Committee’s meeting on 30 January 2014.

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

5.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the responses received to the Committee’s report, Moor or Less; Moorings on London’s Waterways, be noted; and

(b)  That the standing delegation to Jenny Jones AM as rapporteur to lead on any follow-up work in consultation with party Group Lead Members, as agreed at the Committee’s meeting on 30 January 2014, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note  the report as background to a discussion with expert guests about managing domestic food waste in London.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting question to the following invited guests:

·  Wayne Hubbard, Chief Managing Officer, London Waste and Recycling Board;

·  William Stewart, Principal Development Manager, Housing, Land and Property, GLA;

·  Linda Crichton, Head of Collections and Quality, Waste and Resources Action Programme;

·  Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Association;

·  Steve Disbury, Head of Waste and Recycling Services, London Borough of Bexley;

·  Mark Griffin, Head of Waste Strategy, London Borough of Hackney; and

·  Dr Marco Ricci, Consultant, Italian Composting and Biogas Association CIC.

6.2  During the meeting the Committee received two presentations from Dr Marco Ricci. The first provided an overview of food waste management across Europe; the second provided a study of food waste management in Milan. The presentations are attached at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 respectively.

6.3  A copy of the transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 3.

6.4  Resolved:

  That the report and discussion be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the work programme for the earlier part of the 2014/15 Assembly year;

(b)  Agree in principle to broaden the scope of the investigation on taxi emissions, so that it becomes an investigation on diesel emissions; and

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair and party Group Lead Members, to agree any site visits the Committee may wish to undertake during the course of this Assembly Year.

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme for the earlier part of the 2014/15 Assembly year be noted;

(b)  That it be agreed in principle to broaden the scope of the investigation on taxi emissions, so that it becomes an investigation on diesel emissions; and

(c)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair and party Group Lead Members, to agree any site visits the Committee may wish to undertake during the course of this Assembly year.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 3 September 2014 at 10am in Committee Room 5.

8.1  The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 3 September 2014 at 10.00am in Committee Room 5.

9.1  There was no urgent business.

10.1  The meeting ended at 4.15pm.