Agenda and minutes
EU Exit Working Group - Thursday 25 October 2018 11.00 am

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Gareth Bacon AM, for whom Keith Prince AM substituted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lauren Harvey, [email protected], 020 7983 4383

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 Working Group is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meetings of the EU Exit Working Group held on 18 October 2017 and 19 October 2017 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meetings of the EU Exit Working Group held on 18 October 2017 and 19 October 2017 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Working Group is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to the Mayor of London;

(b)  Note the report as background to putting questions to John Barradell, Chair of the London Resilience Local Authorities’ Panel and Chief Executive of the City of London Corporation; and 

(c)  Note the subsequent discussion.

4.1   The Working Group received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to a discussion with invited guests on the possible effects of a “no-deal” Brexit on London

4.2  The first part was a question and answer session with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

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

4.4  During the course of the discussion the Mayor undertook to:

·  Provide a list of the meetings he attended in Brussels on Friday, 26 October 2018;

·  Provide a copy of the survey sent to businesses, and anonymous responses to that survey;

·  Make the research undertaken on food insecurity in individual households in London available to the Working Group;

·  Make the research undertaken on food prices available to the Working Group; and

·  Provide details of the problems that the Mayor’s Office has had with receiving data from the Government.

4.5  The second part was a question and answer session with the following guests:

·  John Barradell OBE, Deputy Chair, London Resilience Forum; and

·  John Hetherington, Head of London Resilience, London Fire Bridgade.

4.6  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 2.

4.7   Resolved:

That the report and the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

The next meeting of the EU Exit Working Group is scheduled for Tuesday 30 October 2018 at 3.30pm in the Chamber.

5.1  The next meeting of the Working Group was scheduled for Tuesday, 30 October 2018 in the Chamber, City Hall.

6.1  There was no urgent business.

7.1  The meeting ended at 12.53pm.