PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Monday 19 October 2020
Q&A session with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service
Police and Crime Committee – 2pm
The Police and Crime Committee is holding a question and answer session with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, and the Metropolitan Police Service. Topics for discussion include custody and police protection, hate crime COVID-19 enforcement, and County Lines.
The guests are:
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Nick Ephgrave, Assistant Commissioner, MPS
MEDIA CONTACT: Aoife Nolan on 020 7983 4067
Tuesday 19 October 2020
Preparing London for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Health Committee – 10.30am
The Health Committee will investigate what the NHS, the Mayor and the Government must do to ensure London is prepared to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine when one comes available. The Committee will look at attitudes towards vaccinations and what infrastructure will be needed to deliver a COVID-19 vaccination.
The guests are:
- Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology at University College London and Lead Investigator of the COVID Social Study
- Dr Penelope Toff, Co-Chair, Public Health Medicine Committee, British Medical Association
- Dr Richard Jarvis, Co-Chair, Public Health Medicine Committee, British Medical Association
MEDIA CONTACT: Louise Young on 020 7084 2713.
Wednesday 21 October 2020
COVID-19, Housing Typologies and Design in London
Planning and Regeneration Committee – 10am
The Planning and Regeneration Committee will discuss lessons learned from its recent housing survey on Londoners’ attitudes towards their homes as a result of COVID-19. The Committee will also examine whether the Mayor’s new London Plan and the draft Good Quality Homes for All Londoners Supplementary Planning Guidance will support an appropriate mix of housing to meet the needs of Londoners.
The guests are:
- Professor Yolande Barnes, Chair of the Bartlett Real Estate Institute, University College London (UCL)
- Professor Philip Steadman, UCL Energy Institute
- Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning and Urban Design at The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL
- Jo McCafferty, Director, Levitt Bernstein
- Michael Ritchie, Place Shaping Team Leader, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
MEDIA CONTACT: Louise Young on 020 7084 2713
Thursday 22 October 2020
Mayor’s Budget review 2020-21
Budget and Performance Committee – 10am
The Budget and Performance Committee will discuss the Mayor’s budget for 2020-21 following the Mayor’s assessment that the Greater London Authority will lose £493 million of business rates and council tax income across 2020-21 and 2021-22. The Committee will question the Mayor on Transport for London, the Greater London Authority, the Metropolitan Police Service, the London Fire Brigade and, the Mayor’s development corporations.
The guests are:
- Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
- David Bellamy, Mayor’s Chief of Staff, Greater London Authority
- David Gallie, Executive Director of Resources, Greater London Authority
MEDIA CONTACT: Aoife Nolan on 020 7983 4067
This meeting will take place in a hybrid format, with some Members participating virtually and some participating in person, in accordance with Government advice and requirements on social distancing.
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.