PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Tuesday 18 November
Mayor’s strategic role in planning decisions
Planning Committee – 10:00am in Committee Room 5
The Planning Committee will discuss the Mayor’s strategic planning decisions and the following guests will be questioned:
Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor, Policy and Planning, Greater London Authority (GLA)
Duncan Bowie, Senior Lecturer in Planning, University of Westminster
Peter Eversden, Chair, London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies
Edward Denison, Secretary, The Mount Pleasant Association
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lam on 020 7983 4067
Wednesday 19 November
Mayor’s Question Time – 10:00am in the Chamber
The full Assembly will question Mayor of London, Boris Johnson on the following topics and more:
Cycle superhighway plans
The Mayor’s schedule for the next month
A compulsory London Living Wage
Climate change and the lead up to the Paris Climate Change Summit next year
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Thursday 20 November
Core GLA Draft Budget
Budget and Performance – 10:30am in Committee Room 5
The Budget and Performance Committee will discuss the core GLA 2015-16 Draft Budget and the following guests will be questioned:
Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor, Policy and Planning, GLA
Jeff Jacobs, Head of Paid Service and Executive Director Communities and Intelligence, GLA
David Lunts, Executive Director Housing and Land, GLA
Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Executive Director Development, Enterprise & Environment, GLA
Martin Clarke, Executive Director Resources, GLA
Will Walden, Director of Communications, GLA
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lam on 020 7983 4067
Thursday 20 November
Senior pay in the GLA Group
GLA Oversight – 1:00pm in Committee Room 5
The GLA Oversight Committee will discuss the Mayor’s Annual Equalities Report and senior employee remuneration in the GLA Group, which includes Transport for London (TfL) and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). The following guests will be questioned:
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff, GLA
Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Commissioner for Transport, TfL
Munira Mirza, Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Notes for Editors:
London Assembly meetings are held at City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA and are open to the media and members of the public.
Detailed agenda papers for all the meetings are available on our website.
All our public meetings are webcast live and are available online for up to six months.
As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more information, please contact the media team on 020 7983 4228. For out-of-hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit on 020 7983 4100.