Agenda and minutes
Environment Committee - Thursday 6 December 2018 2.30 pm

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Jennette Arnold OBE AM, for whom Navin Shah AM substituted, and David Kurten AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Clare Bryant, [email protected], 020 7983 4616

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 8 November 2018 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 November 2018 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Clare Bryant, [email protected], 020 7983 4616

The Committee is recommended to note the completed and outstanding actions arising from its previous meetings.

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

4.2  Resolved:

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

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Ian Williamson, [email protected]; 020 7983 6541

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the scoping document for the Cold and Damp Homes investigation agreed under delegated authority by the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, as attached at Appendix 1 of the report;

(b)  Note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests on cold and damp homes in London and notes the subsequent discussion; and

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output arising from the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on cold and damp homes in London to the following invited guests:

·  Bill Wright, Sustainability Consultant, Sustainable Homes;

·  Peter Rickaby, Energy and Sustainability Consultation, and Chair, BSI Retrofit Standards Task Group

·  Liz Blackwell, Energy Manager, L&Q Energy;

·  George Simms, Project Manager (Energy Efficiency), Greater London Authority (GLA); and

·  Ben Coombes, Programme Manager (Energy, RE:NEW), GLA.

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

5.3  During the course of the discussion, Members requested additional information from the Programme Manager, Energy, RE:NEW, Greater London Authority as to why the amount of money allocated for energy and carbon reduction programmes in 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 is reducing.

5.4  During the course of the discussion, Members also requested examples from the Energy and Sustainability Consultant and Chair, BSI Retrofit Standards Task Group of Housing Associations who want to improve homes but are discouraged by the regulator.

5.5  Resolved:

(a)  That the scoping document for the cold and damp homes investigation be noted;

(b)  That the report and subsequent discussion be noted; and

(c)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Ian Williamson, [email protected]; 020 7983 6541

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Consider how to take forward the Assembly’s opposition to the expansion of Heathrow airport, noting the Committee’s previous work on aviation, particularly the minutes and transcript of the last meeting (Agenda Item 3) and note the informal discussion on concentrated flight paths at Appendix 1 of the report;

(b)  Note the previously agreed work programme for the 2018/19 Assembly year, as set out in the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the Committee gives further consideration as to how it will take forward the Assembly’s opposition to the expansion of Heathrow airport, noting the Committee’s informal discussion on flight paths attached at Appendix 1 of the report; and

(b)  That the previously agreed work programme for the 2018/19 Assembly year be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 16 January 2019 at 10.00am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 10.00am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

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

9.1  The meeting ended at 4.30pm.