Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Wednesday 7 February 2018 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; and Florence Eshalomi AM for whom Dr Onkar Sahota AM attended as a substitute.

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 11 January 2018 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 11 January 2018 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 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 response from the Mayor to the letter from the Chairman of the Police and Crime Committee in respect of London Assembly Brexit Directive III, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the response from the Mayor to the letter from the Chairman of the Police and crime Committee in respect of London Assembly Brexit Directive 111, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Derecki, [email protected], telephone 020 7983 4899

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests on policing the 2018 Tower Hamlets Mayoral and local elections and notes the subsequent discussion; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members and Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, to agree any output from the discussion.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions to invited guests on policing the Tower Hamlets Mayoral and Local Elections.

6.2  The Chairman welcomed the following guests:

·  Will Tuckley, Chief Executive, London Brough of Tower Hamlets;

·  Claire Bassett, Chief Executive, Electoral Commission;

·  Chief Superintendent Sue Williams QPM, Borough Commander, Tower Hamlets, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS); and

·  Detective Superintendent Stuart Ryan, Special Enquiry Team, MPS.

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

6.4  During the course of the discussion, the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission agreed to write to the Committee with:

·  Confirmation of whether the use of the English language was enforceable in polling stations;

·  Information about the research locally which had been undertaken as part of the due diligence process into the proposed name Aspire prior to the Aspire Party being registered; and

·  Information about whether party emblems fell within the legal definition of “likely to cause confusion” as part of a political party’s registration process and whether it would be possible to limit the use of the Aspire Party’s emblem on literature.

6.5  During the course of the discussion, the Detective Superintendent, Special  ...  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 to note its updated the work programme, as set out in the report.

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

7.2  Resolved:

That the updated work programme, as set out in the report, be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 2pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 2pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business the Chairman considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.23pm.