This meeting took place on 8 March 2016. Read the transcript for the first section here and the second section here.
Tomorrow the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee will examine Transport for London (TfL) investment decision making – on the New Routemaster bus – as well as how emergency services in London will work together in line with new Government proposals.
In the first part of the session, the Committee will review TfL’s decision to purchase new Routemaster buses, despite previously telling the Committee they had no plans to order more. The guests are:
- Leon Daniels, Managing Director, Surface Transport, TfL
- Mike Weston, Director of Buses, TfL
The second part of the meeting will examine the implications for London of the Government’s announcement to increase collaboration between the emergency services.[1] The Committee will hear how the fire and rescue, ambulance and police services are currently working together in London, and discuss what plans they have to work together better going forward. The guests are:
- Dr Fionna Moore MBE, Chief Executive of the London Ambulance Service
- Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
- Dave Brown, Director of Operations, London Fire Brigade
- Sue Budden, Director of Finance and Contractual Services, London Fire Brigade
- Tom Middleton, Head of Governance and Resilience, GLA
- Helen Bailey, Chief Operating Officer, MOPAC
- Rebecca Lawrence, Director of Strategy, MOPAC
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 8 March from 10.00am in Committee Room 5 at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend. The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.
Notes to editors
- Outlined in the consultation: ‘Enabling closer working between the emergency services’ here.
- The key responsibility of the Budget and Performance Committee is its annual scrutiny of the Mayor’s budget proposals for the next financial year. This involves detailed examination of the Mayor’s plans for spending his budget to help ensure taxpayers’ money is spent appropriately and effectively.
- The Mayor’s Budget is available here.
- The Committee response to the Mayor’s Budget is available here.
- The agenda and reports are available here.
- John Biggs AM, Chair of the Budget & Performance Committee is available for interview. See contact details below.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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