Agenda item
Motions
Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat
The Assembly is asked to consider the motions submitted by Assembly Members.
Minutes:
9.1 Jenny Jones AM moved and Caroline Pidgeon AM seconded the following motion:
“This Assembly regrets the Mayor's failure to retain the temporary 20 mph speed limit on Blackfriars Bridge in the permanent new scheme for the bridge. We note the recommendation for a 20 mph speed limit on four London bridges in a 2008 Transport for London report, and the recent decision of the Corporation of London to ask officers to bring forward plans for the whole of the City of London to become a 20mph zone, including TfL roads. We ask the Mayor to reconsider his rejection of a 20 mph limit on Blackfriars Bridge, in the interests of the safety of all its users.”
9.2 Andrew Boff AM moved and James Cleverly AM seconded the following amendment to the motion:
Delete all and replace with:
“This Assembly notes the decision to revert to a 30 mph speed limit on Blackfriars Bridge. We also note the recent decision of the Corporation of London to consider plans for the whole of the City of London to become a 20 mph zone, and understand that if they take this decision they would be likely to ask Transport for London to agree to make TfL roads 20 mph. This Assembly asks that the Mayor instructs TfL to implement a full review investigating the practicalities, advantages and disadvantages of a 20 mph limit on Blackfriars Bridge. The review should include previous TfL reports, such as that on 20 mph speed limit on London’s Thames bridges and also the effect of such a change on all road users (including pedestrians) north, south or on the bridge itself. Meanwhile, TfL should keep under review the decision to revert to a 30 mph speed limit on Blackfriars Bridge. We also urge the Mayor to revisit the plans for the bridge with particular attention to cyclists making right turns when exiting the bridge at either end.”
9.3 In accordance with Standing Order 3.6, Jenny Jones AM, as mover of the motion, accepted this amendment. John Biggs AM queried whether the amendment proposed by Andrew Boff AM was valid; the Chair, following receipt of advice from officers, confirmed that it was in order.
9.4 Upon being put to the vote, the motion as altered, namely:
“This Assembly notes the decision to revert to a 30 mph speed limit on Blackfriars Bridge. We also note the recent decision of the Corporation of London to consider plans for the whole of the City of London to become a 20 mph zone, and understand that if they take this decision they would be likely to ask Transport for London to agree to make TfL roads 20 mph. This Assembly asks that the Mayor instructs TfL to implement a full review investigating the practicalities, advantages and disadvantages of a 20 mph limit on Blackfriars Bridge. The review should include previous TfL reports, such as that on 20 mph speed limit on London’s Thames bridges and also the effect of such a change on all road users (including pedestrians) north, south or on the bridge itself. Meanwhile, TfL should keep under review the decision to revert to a 30 mph speed limit on Blackfriars Bridge. We also urge the Mayor to revisit the plans for the bridge with particular attention to cyclists making right turns when exiting the bridge at either end.”
was agreed unanimously.
9.5 During the course of the discussion on this motion, it was agreed, upon a vote and in accordance with Standing Order 2.9, to extend the meeting in order to finish the business set out on the agenda for the meeting.
9.6 Darren Johnson AM moved and Valerie Shawcross AM seconded the following motion:
“This Assembly believes that entrance to public playgrounds in London’s parks and open spaces should be free. It notes that Wandsworth Council is now reconsidering its previous decision to introduce a charge at weekends to the adventure playground in Battersea Park. The Assembly calls on Wandsworth Council to abandon its proposal, and on the Mayor to oppose entrance charges to public playgrounds and make representations against charges to Wandsworth Council and to any other council considering their introduction, so as to promote social development generally in London, and to promote health equalities in particular.”
9.7 Upon being put to the vote, the motion, namely
“This Assembly believes that entrance to public playgrounds in London’s parks and open spaces should be free. It notes that Wandsworth Council is now reconsidering its previous decision to introduce a charge at weekends to the adventure playground in Battersea Park. The Assembly calls on Wandsworth Council to abandon its proposal, and on the Mayor to oppose entrance charges to public playgrounds and make representations against charges to Wandsworth Council and to any other council considering their introduction, so as to promote social development generally in London, and to promote health equalities in particular.”
was agreed (12 votes in favour and 7 votes against).
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