Agenda and minutes
London Assembly (Plenary) - Thursday 1 November 2018 10.00 am

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chairman.

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Fiona Twycross AM and Peter Whittle AM.

1.2  The Chairman provided an update on the Assembly’s recent work, including the Police and Crime Committee’s recent question and answer session with the Victims Commissioner for London; discussion of the resourcing arrangements for the Mayor’s  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

The Assembly 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 Assembly 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 3, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

Part A:

The Assembly will put questions to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, and

Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on policing in London.

Part B:

Motion submitted in the name of the Chairman:

“That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked.”

Part A:

3.1  The Assembly received an opening statement from Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, as set out at Appendix 1.

3.2  The Assembly put questions to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and Cressida Dick CBE QPM,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat 

Contact: Lorena Alcorta, [email protected], 020 7983 4425

The Assembly is recommended to note the petitions listed in the report and to decide whether to refer the petition, and if so where to, and to seek a response to the points raised.

4.1  The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2  Tony Devenish AM presented a petition with the following prayer:

“We the undersigned residents of Aldwych Chambers, 29 Essex Street, London WC2R 3AT are submitting this petition to the Mayor requesting the immediate replacement of a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat 

Contact: Lorena Alcorta, [email protected], 020 7983 4425

The Assembly is recommended to note the responses received to petitions presented at recent Assembly (Plenary) meetings.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the responses received to petitions presented at recent Assembly (Plenary) meetings be noted.

Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat 

Contact: Lorena Alcorta, [email protected], 020 7983 4425

The Assembly is recommended to consider the motions submitted by Assembly Members.

6.1  Dr Onkar Sahota AM moved the following motion on behalf of Len Duvall AM,  and Gareth Bacon AM seconded the motion:

“To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, the Royal British Legion’s “Thank You” campaign expresses gratitude to all who served, sacrificed and changed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Teresa Young; Senior Committee Officer; [email protected];

020 7983 6559

The Assembly is recommended to note the recent action taken by the Chairman of the London Assembly, Tony Arbour AM, under delegated authority, namely to not hold a confirmation hearing in respect of the proposed reappointment of Sir Merrick Cockell to the office of Chair of the London Pensions Fund Authority.

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

7.2  Resolved:

That the recent action taken by the Chairman of the London Assembly, Tony Arbour AM, under delegated authority, namely: to decide to not hold a confirmation hearing in respect of the proposed reappointment of Sir Merrick  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

It is proposed that the Assembly uses the 6 December 2018 Plenary meeting principally to hold a Functional Body Question Time with the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience and the Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade regarding the activities of the London Fire Brigade.

Recommendation:

The Assembly is recommended to agree to use the 6 December 2018 Plenary meeting to hold a question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Fiona Twycross AM and the Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, Dany Cotton, QFSM, regarding issues associated with the activities of the London Fire Brigade.

The Mayor is currently in the process of refreshing his statutory strategies. In accordance with section 42(B) of the GLA Act, where the Mayor has prepared, and is ready to publish, a draft of any of the strategies, listed at section 41 of the GLA Act, the Mayor is required to lay a copy of the draft before the Assembly, in accordance with standing orders of the Assembly.

The Mayor’s Draft Culture Strategy is being finalised and the Assembly is asked to provisionally agree to hold an additional Plenary meeting in order to hold a question and answer session with  ...  view the full agenda text for item 8.

8.1  Resolved:

(a)  That the 6 December 2018 London Assembly (Plenary) meeting be used to hold a question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, and the Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, Dany Cotton QFSM, regarding issues associated with the activities  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly will be the Mayor’s Question Time meeting which will take place at 10.00am on Thursday 22 November 2018 in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly was the Mayor’s Question Time meeting which would take place at 10.00am on Thursday 22 November 2018 in the Chamber, City Hall.

10.1  There were no items of urgent business.

11.1  The meeting closed at 12.42pm.