Coming up at the London Assembly w/c 17 July

PUBLICATION:



Monday 17 July

Bus Safety

Transport Committee - 10:30am-11:30am



The Transport Committee report ‘Driven to Distraction’, examines the reasons for the number of bus incidents in London.



The report will be launched at Bank Junction (corner of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street), 10:30am, July 17.



Interview guests:

• Caroline Pidgeon AM, Deputy Chair of the Transport Committee
• Sarah Hope, Bus Safety Campaigner
• Joanne Harris, Bus Driver
• Sean O’Shea, Metroline Managing Director

MEDIA ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.



MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228

PUBLIC MEETINGS:



Monday 17 July

Chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation and Deputy Chair of the London Pensions Fund Authority

Confirmation Hearings Committee - 10:00am in Committee Room 3



The Confirmation Hearings Committee will put questions to the Mayor’s proposed appointees to the office of Chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation and Deputy Chair of the London Pensions Fund Authority.



It will then make a decision on its recommendations to the Mayor as to whether or not the nominees should be appointed to those offices.



The guests are:

• Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation
• Dermot “Skip” McMullan, Deputy Chair of the London Pensions Fund Authority

MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228



Tuesday 18 July

Emergency services

GLA Oversight Committee - 10:00am in The Chamber



The emergency services in London are replacing their previous Airwave communications system with a new way of communicating based on mobile phone technology. The GLA Oversight Committee will examine the risks associated with this transition. The guests are:

• Stephen Webb, Director, Law Enforcement Programmes, Home Office
• Gordon Shipley, Programme Director, Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP), Home Office
• Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Customer Experience, Transport for London
• Angus McCallum, Chief Information Officer, Metropolitan Police Service
• Siobhan Peters, Chief Finance Officer, MOPAC
• John Anthony MBE, Programme Director for ESN Transition, London Fire Brigade
• Julian Martin, Head of ICT, London Fire Brigade
• Vic Wynn, Acting Director of IM&T, London Ambulance Service
• Kevin Bate, Deputy Director of Operations, London Ambulance Service
• Ian Hough, National Service Director, Ambulance Radio Programme

MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228



Tuesday 18 July

Mayor’s draft Transport Strategy

Transport Committee - 2:00pm in The Chamber



The Transport Committee continues its scrutiny of the draft strategy – with questions about office deliveries, bus and motorcycle safety, rail devolution options, congestion and more.



Assembly Members will question:

• Val Shawcross, Deputy Mayor for Transport (until 3pm)
• Mike Brown, Commissioner, TfL (until 3pm)
• Alex Williams, Managing Director of Planning, TfL (full meeting)
• Will Norman, Mayor’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner (from 3pm)

MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228

Wednesday 19 July

Police funding and Mayor’s Budget Guidance 2018/19

Budget & Performance Committee – 10:00am in The Chamber



The Budget and Performance Committee will question police representatives on the Met’s capacity to keep Londoners safe while attempting to save £400 million by 2020-21.



The guests are:

• Dr Rick Muir, Director, Police Foundation
• Ken Marsh MBE, Chair of the Executive Committee, Police Federation
• Matt Parr CB, Her Majesty’s Inspector to the Metropolitan Police Service
• Sarah Thornton CBE QPM, Chair of the National Police Chief’s Council

The Committee will also examine the Mayor’s budget guidance for 2018-2019 with the following guests:

• David Bellamy, Mayor’s Chief of Staff, GLA
• Martin Clarke, Executive Director of Resources, GLA
• Tom Middleton, Head of Finance & Governance, GLA

MEDIA CONTACT: Sonia Labboun on 020 7983 5769

Wednesday 19 July

Internal Audit Reports

Audit Panel - 2:30pm in Committee Room 4



The Audit Panel will review internal audits, comment on the draft GLA Annual Governance Statement for 2016-17 and note the report on the GLA’s Anti-Fraud & Corruption and Whistleblowing policies.



MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228



Wednesday 19 July

European Voices: EU Londoners Speak – open mic event

EU Exit Working Group - 3:30pm-5:30pm in The Chamber



On June 26, the Government published its proposals for safeguarding the position of EU Citizens living in the UK.

• How do EU citizens in London feel about those proposals?
• Has the situation changed for EU citizens in London since the referendum?
• Is information easy to access?
• What kind of practical support is now needed?

The EU Exit Working Group will hear from invited EU citizens living in London, and the organisations supporting them, about their concerns regarding the UK exiting the EU.



Speakers on the panel who will set the scene are:

• Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Brent Council
• Christiane Link, Chair, Disire
• Dr Charlotte O’Brien, Senior Lecturer, York Law School
• Samia Badani, Head of Campaigns and Stakeholder Engagement, New Europeans
• Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future

MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228



Thursday 20 July

Q&A with MOPAC and the Met

Police and Crime Committee – 10:00am in The Chamber



The Police and Crime Committee will receive an update from the Metropolitan Police on the Grenfell Tower fire and examine the following topics:

• Notting Hill Carnival
• The Mayor’s knife crime strategy
• Acid attacks
• Spit guards

The guests are:

• Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
• Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

MEDIA CONTACT: Mary Dolan on 020 7983 4603