PUBLICATION:
Tuesday 23 January
Gun crime in London
Police & Crime Committee
The Police & Crime Committee will publish a report on gun crime in London, which looks at the source of guns and the changing patterns and trends around gun use. It is still not clear how many guns are on London’s streets and the supply of guns into the UK from abroad is a growing concern.
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lam on 020 7983 4067
EVENT:
Monday 22 January
Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony
‘The Power of Words’ - 11:00am-12noon in The Chamber
The London Assembly and the Mayor of London will jointly host the Greater London Authority (GLA) Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at City Hall.
The Ceremony will commemorate all those who were victims of the Holocaust and reflect upon those who have been affected by more recent atrocities.
The Address will be delivered by Rabbi Joseph Dweck and testimonials will be given by Manfred Goldberg, a survivor of the Holocaust and Kemal Pervanic, a survivor of the Bosnian genocide.
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lam on 020 7983 4067
PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Monday 22 January
The Mayor’s draft London Plan
Planning Committee – 1:00pm in Committee Room 5
The Planning Committee will be leading the London Assembly response to the Mayor’s draft London Plan, open to consultation until 2 March 2018.
The Mayor proposes creating a lot more places of higher density in locations across London to get more out of limited land. What are the implications of this? The guests are:
- Michael Bach, Chair, Planning and Transport Committee, London Forum of Civic and Amenity Societies
- Nicolas Boys-Smith, Founding Director, Create Streets
- Rosemarie MacQueen, former Strategic Director for Built Environment, Westminster City Council
- Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills
- Sunand Prasad, Senior Partner, Penoyre & Prasad Architects
- Finn Williams, Chief Executive, Public Practice
MEDIA CONTACT: Sonia Labboun on 020 7983 576
Tuesday 23 January
Housing in the Mayor’s draft London Plan
Housing Committee – 10:00am in Committee Room 5
The London Assembly Housing Committee will scrutinise the London Plan’s housing strategy, with the focus on affordable housing, housing size mix and small sites.
The guests are:
- James Murray, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development
- Ann Sutcliffe, Acting Corporate Director of Place, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Steve Moore, Director of Neighbourhoods, London Borough of Havering
- Martyn Thomas, Development and Transport Planning Manager, London Borough of Havering
- James Clark, Senior Manager – Housing Strategy, Housing and Land, GLA
- Rachael Rooney, Principal Strategy Planner - London Plan, GLA
MEDIA CONTACT: Sonia Labboun on 020 7983 5769
Thursday 25 January
The Mayor’s Budget 2018-19
10:00am in the Chamber
The whole Assembly meets to put questions to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan about his 2018-19 draft consolidated budget.
At this meeting, the Assembly has the power to amend the total budget, if a simple majority agrees to do so.
The following guests will answer questions:
- Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
- David Bellamy, Mayor’s Chief of Staff
- David Gallie, Assistant Director - Group Finance, GLA
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Notes to editors
For more information, please contact the media team on 020 7983 4283. For out-of-hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit on 020 7983 4100.