PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Budget & Performance Committee - 11:00am in The Chamber
The worrying state of TfL’s fiscal problems will be examined in the first meeting of the Budget & Performance Committee’s investigation into TfL finances.
The organisation has ambitious plans to come out of deficit and return to a surplus position by 2021-22. The plans to return to surplus hinge on substantially increasing income, both from fares and from commercial sources, as well as making significant cost savings.
The following guests will attend:
- Simon Kilonback, Chief Finance Officer, TfL
- Shashi Verma, Director of Customer Experience, TfL
- Patrick Doig, Divisional Finance Director – Surface Transport, TfL
- Graeme Craig, Director of Commercial Development, TfL
MEDIA CONTACT: Howard Wheeler on 020 7983 5769
Future Rail
Transport Committee - 10:00am in The Chamber
The Transport Committee is investigating the future of rail in London. The investigation will look at the current and future needs of London’s rail network and how demand on the network will change. It will also assess the extent to which Network Rail plans, and proposals in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, will address London’s rail needs, and how these will be delivered.
The guests will be:
- David Leam, London First
- Dr Helena Titheridge, UCL
- Stephen Joseph OBE, Campaign for Better Transport
- Niall Bolger, South London Partnership
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Thursday 14 June 2018
Mayor’s Draft Food Strategy
Environment Committee - 10:00am in the Chamber
Areas covered in the Mayor’s draft food strategy include; food consumed at home. food shopping and eating out, food in public institutions and community settings, food for maternity, early years, education and health, food growing, community gardens and urban farming, and environmental aspects of food.
The discussion will inform the Assembly’s response to the Mayor’s consultation on the draft strategy. The guests are:
- Claire Pritchard, Chair of the London Food Board
- Mark Ainsbury, Principal Policy Officer, Greater London Authority
- Anna Taylor OBE, Executive Director, Food Foundation
- Sarah Williams, Sustain
MEDIA CONTACT: Howard Wheeler on 020 7983 5769
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.