Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 20 July 2017 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Len Duvall AM, Florence Eshalomi AM and Peter Whittle AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Teresa Young, [email protected]; 020 7983 6559

The Committee 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  Resolved:

(a)  That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

(b)  That the disclosable pecuniary interest declared by Andrew Dismore AM, as he had an interest in a property on the route of Notting Hill Carnival, in relation to the questions that the Committee would put to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), in relation to Notting Hill Carnival (Agenda Item 6), and his intention to withdraw from the meeting at that point, be noted.

2.2  Before the Committee put questions to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and Deputy Commissioner, MPS, in relation to Notting Hill Carnival, Andrew Dismore AM withdrew from the meeting and took no part in the discussion.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 21 June 2017 to be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Police and Crime Committee meeting held on 21 June 2017 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Teresa Young, [email protected]; 020 7983 6559

The Committee is recommended to note the completed and ongoing actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee as listed in the report.

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding and completed actions arising from the previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Teresa Young, [email protected]; 020 7983 6559

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the recent action taken by the Chairman, Steve O’Connell AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, namely to agree the Committee’s summary of its work undertaken in the 2016-17 Assembly year; and

(b)  To note its report, Work of the Police and Crime Committee in 2016-17, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

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

5.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the recent actions taken by the Chairman, Steve O’Connell AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, namely to agree the summary of the Committee’s work undertaken in the 2016-17b Assembly year, be noted.

(b)  That the Committee’s report, Work of the Police and Crime Committee in 2016-17, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Becky Short, [email protected]; 020 7983 4760

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the monthly report for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, as background to the question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service; and

(b)  Note the report and answers given by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service to the questions asked by Members.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to the questions and answer session with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the MPS.

6.2  The Chairman welcomed the following guests to the meeting:

·  Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; and

·  Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, MPS.

6.3  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

6.4  During the course of the discussion, the Deputy Commissioner, MPS, undertook to:

·  Provide the number of remains of bodies that have been recovered from Grenfell Tower but who had not yet been identified;

·  Provide information on which floors police officers had reached in their search and recovery operation at Grenfell Tower;

·  Provide a breakdown of the different roles of police officers who were involved in the search and recovery operation at Grenfell Tower;

·  Provide a breakdown of the specialist roles of police officers who were currently involved in the criminal investigation at Grenfell Tower;

·  Provide any assessment the MPS had on the links between perpetrators and victims of acid and acid-related attacks;

·  Provide a response on whether the MPS could produce advice for victims and members of the public on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Janette Roker, [email protected]; 020 7983 6562

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Agree its updated work programme as set out in the report;

(b)  Agree the terms of reference for its scrutiny review of Gun Crime in London, as set out in paragraph 4.6 of the report and the scoping paper, attached at Appendix 1 to the report;

(c)  Agree the terms of reference for its scrutiny review of Women Offenders in London, as set out in paragraph 4.8 of the report and the scoping paper, attached at Appendix 2 to the report;

(d)  Note the quarterly monitoring report attached at Appendix 3 to the report; and

(e)  Agree, in relation to urgent matters only, a general delegation of authority in respect of the Committee’s powers and functions (apart from those that cannot under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 be delegated) to the Chairman of the Committee, in consultation with party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, from the close of this meeting until the next meeting of the Committee, scheduled for 6 September 2017.

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the updated work programme as set out in the report be agreed.

(b)  That the terms of reference and scoping for the Committee’s scrutiny review of Gun Crime in London, as set out in paragraph 4.6 of the report and scoping paper, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be agreed.

(c)  That the terms of reference and scoping for the Committee’s scrutiny review of Women Offenders in London, as set out in paragraph 4.8 of the report and Appendix 2 to the report, be agreed.

(d)  That the quarterly monitoring report attached at Appendix 3 to the report, be noted.

(e)  That it be agreed, in relation to urgent matters only, a general delegation of authority in respect of the Committee’s powers and functions (apart from those that cannot under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 be delegated) to the Chairman of the Committee, in consultation with party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, from the close of this meeting until the next meeting of the Committee, scheduled for 6 September 2017.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business the Chairman considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.25pm.