PUBLICATIONS:
Monday 13 May 2019
Temporary Accommodation Report
Housing Committee
The Housing Committee publishes the report ‘Living in Limbo: London’s temporary accommodation crisis’. It investigates the rise in demand for temporary accommodation, the reasons why, the impacts and the solutions Londoners need.
PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Monday 13 May 2019
TfL and the Garden Bridge
Garden Bridge Working Group – 10.00am in Committee Room 5
The Garden Bridge Working Group will discuss matters arising from the publication of the minutes of the Garden Bridge Trust and other materials. The guests are:
- Mike Brown, TfL Commissioner
- Andy Brown, Head of Corporate Services, TfL
- Alex Williams, Director of City Planning, TfL
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Q&A with the Met and MOPAC
Police and Crime Committee – 10.00am in The Chamber
The Police & Crime Committee hold a question and answer session with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Topics to be discussed include:
- The Met’s investigation into Vote Leave/Leave.EU/BeLeave
- Policing of Extinction Rebellion and forthcoming London protests
- The Macpherson report 20 years on
- Child protection
- Hate crime
The guests are:
- Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, MOPAC
- Helen Ball QPM, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
- Bob Posner, Chief Executive, Electoral Commission (first item only)
- Louise Edwards, Head of Regulation, Electoral Commission (first item only)
MEDIA CONTACT: Giles Broadbent on 020 7983 4067
Wednesday 15 May 2019
London Plan: Examination in Public
London Assembly – 9.30am in The Chamber
The London Assembly will make representations to the inquiry into the Mayor’s London Plan on town centres and retailing.
MEDIA CONTACT: Giles Broadbent on 020 7983 4067
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Tram and bus safety
Transport Committee – 10.00am in Committee Room 5
The Transport Committee will be investigating bus and tram safety in London.
The first part of the meeting will focus on tram safety, and the additional safety measures TfL has introduced following the Croydon tram derailment in 2016. The guests are:
- Jill Collis, Director of Health Safety and Environment, TfL
- Jonathan Fox, Director of Rail and Sponsored Services, TfL
- Finn Brennan, District Organiser, ASLEF
- Representative from First Group
The second part of the meeting will focus on bus safety and will examine the progress TfL has made since the committee’s 2017 report ‘Driven to distraction – tackling safety on London’s buses’. The guests are:
- Claire Mann, Director of Bus Operations, TfL
- Stuart Reid, Interim Director of Vision Zero, TfL
- Tony Wilson, Managing Director, Abellio
- Sinisa Cica, Unite
- Tom Kearney, Founder, #LondonBusWatch, Transparency and Corporate Governance Campaign
MEDIA CONTACT: Funmi Olutoye on 0207 084 2713
Wednesday 15 May 2019
GLA Business
GLA Oversight Committee – 2pm in Committee Room 5
The Committee will discuss various items of GLA business.
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 0207 983 4228
Thursday 16 May 2019
Mayor’s Question Time
10am in The Chamber
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan will face questions from the London Assembly during MQT at City Hall. Topics will include:
- Government response to the climate crisis
- TFL advertisements and the junk food ban
- Preparing London for rapid global warming
- The Taxi trade and wheelchair users
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 0207 983 4228
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.