This year is the 20th anniversary of the Greater London Authority (GLA).
To commemorate this anniversary, the London Assembly has today called on the Chair of the Assembly and the Mayor to write jointly to the College of Arms to apply to have the Greater London Council’s coat of arms transferred to the Greater London Authority.
Tom Copley AM, who proposed the motion said:
“We should be immensely proud of the wide-ranging and far-reaching work that the Greater London Authority has done to serve the capital over the last two decades. Its size and role have expanded over the twenty years since it was created and will continue to do so.
“The GLA has firmly established itself in the lives of Londoners, so now it should be able to establish a firm civic identity.
“That is why I am urging the Mayor and the Chair of the London Assembly to ask for the GLA to be able to take on the previously abolished Greater London Council’s coat of arms.”
Tony Arbour AM, who seconded the motion said:
“2020 is the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Greater London Authority and this institution will soon have existed longer than its predecessor, the Greater London Council. It is therefore the right time for the arms of the GLC to be transferred to the GLA.
“This will demonstrate that the GLA is an established and valuable institution for all Londoners.”
The full text of the motion is:
This Assembly notes that this year is the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Greater London Authority.
This Assembly further notes that the following year the Greater London Authority will have existed longer than the Greater London Council.
To commemorate this anniversary, this Assembly calls on the Chair of the Assembly and the Mayor to write jointly to the College of Arms to apply to have the Greater London Council’s coat of arms transferred to the Greater London Authority.
Notes to editors
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- The motion was agreed unanimously
- Tom Copley AM, who proposed the motion, is available for interviews.
- 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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