Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 5 October 2017 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from: Unmesh Desai AM for whom Jennette Arnold OBE attended as a substitute; Florence Eshalomi AM for whom Joanne McCartney AM attended as a substitute; 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:

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.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 6 September 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 6 September 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 completed and ongoing 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 note the action taken by the Chairman under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pigeon MBE AM, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s site visit to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 20 September 2017.

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

5.2  Resolved:

  That the recent action taken by the Chairman of the Police and Crime Committee under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s site visit to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 20 September 2017, 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 report as background to putting questions to invited guests on gun crime in London, and note the subsequent discussion.

(b)  To delegate authority to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, to agree any output from the Committee’s scrutiny investigation of gun crime in London.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions to invited guests on gun crime in London.

6.2  The Chairman welcomed the following guests:

·  Andy French, Firearms Threat Lead, National Crime Agency;

·  Temporary Detective Chief Superintendent Kevin Southworth, Head of Trident & Area Crime Command, Specialist Crime & Operations, MPS;

·  Temporary Commander Jim Stokley, Gangs and Organised Crime, Specialist Crime and Operations, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS);

·  Mike Eveleigh, Senior Firearms Officer, British Association for Shooting and Conservation; and

·  Martin Griffiths, Consultant Vascular/Trauma Surgeon, Royal London Hospital and Major Trauma Centre Barts NHS Trust.

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

6.4  During the course of the discussion, Temporary Commander Jim Stokely and Temporary Detective Chief Superintendent Kevin Southworth agreed to:

·  Provide the number of registered firearms dealers in London;

·  Notify constituency Assembly Members when Radium Operations were due to take place in their constituency; and

·  Provide up-to-date crime statistics in a clear format, breaking down each of the crimes by type and identifying whether the statistics refer to gun crime overall or lethal discharges.

6.5  At the end of the discussion, the Chairman thanked the guests for their  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended:

(a)  To note its work programme as set out in the report;

(b)  That the Committee notes the summary from the Committee’s site visitto Bethnal Green Police Station on 6 September 2017, which was undertaken to support the Committee’s investigation into antisocial behaviour in London, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

(c)  To note that the Committee undertook a site visit to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 20 September 2017 to inform Members about policing and security issues in and around the London Stadium; and 

(d)  To delegate authority to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, to agree the date and arrangements for a site visit to New Scotland Yard.

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme as set out in the report be noted;

(b)  That the summary from the Committee’s site visit to Bethnal Green Police Station on 6 September 2017, which was undertaken to support the Committee’s investigation into antisocial behaviour in London, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be noted;

(c)  That it be noted that the Committee undertook a site visit to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 20 September 2017 to inform Members about policing and security issues in and around the London Stadium; and 

(d)  That authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, to agree the date and arrangements for a site visit to New Scotland Yard.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, 17 October 2017 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, 17 October 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 12.16pm.