Agenda and minutes
Environment Committee - Monday 15 November 2021 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Sakina Sheikh AM, for whom Elly Baker AM attended as substitute.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Fiona Bywaters, [email protected], 020 7983 4425

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  The Committee 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 Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 30 September 2021 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 30 September 2021 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Fiona Bywaters, [email protected], 020 7983 4425

The Committee is recommended to note the ongoing actions arising from previous meetings of the Environment Committee.

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed and ongoing actions arising from previous meetings of the Environment Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Luis Alvarado, [email protected], 07733 305 791

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests and note the subsequent discussion; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman and party Group Lead Members, to agree any output arising from the meeting.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on the circular economy, waste and recycling to the following invited guests:

·  Andrew Dunwoody, Policy and Programmes Manager Waste and the Green Economy, Greater London Authority;

·  Rachel Ledwith MBE, Head of Community Engagement, The Felix Project;

·  Sarah O’Carroll, Cities Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation;

·  Ugo Vallauri, Co-founder and Policy Lead, The Restart Project; and

·  Wayne Hubbard, CEO, ReLondon.

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

5.3  Resolved:

(a)   That the report and discussion be noted.

(b)   That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman and party Group Lead Members, to agree any output arising from the meeting.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Luis Alvarado, [email protected], 07733 305 791

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note its work programme and informal activity, namely invitations to the Southwark Council Staff Climate Network and COP26; and

(b)  Note the response received from the Mayor of London regarding London’s engagement with COP26, as well as the additional correspondence sent and received on this subject.

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

6.2  Resolved:

(a)   That the work programme and informal activity, namely invitations to the Southwark Council Staff Climate Network and COP26, be noted.

(b)   That the response received from the Mayor of London regarding London’s engagement with COP26, as well as the additional correspondence sent and received on this subject, be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 13 December 2021 at 10.00am.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 13 December 2021 at 10.00am.

8.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.40pm.