PUBLICATION:
Monday, 13 November
Lack of SME business space
Economy Committee
The pressure on affordable workspace for SMEs in London is increasing. The Economy Committee publishes its report ‘Helping SMEs to thrive’, which sets out the challenges facing SMEs in London, in terms of work space and what the Mayor can do to help SMEs prosper in the capital. The report makes a number of recommendations to the Mayor of London.
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lam on 020 7983 4067
SITE VISIT:
Monday, 13 November
GATEway automated vehicles
Transport Committee
In the second of two site visits for the Future Transport investigation, the Transport Committee will visit the GATEway (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment) project. The project has trialled a level 4 automated shuttle on the Greenwich peninsula since April 2017 and is researching a series of different uses for automated vehicles, including driverless shuttles and urban deliveries.
MEDIA ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
Available spokespeople:
Simon Tong, Transport Research Laboratory
Amy Woodward, Research Project Manager, Transport Research Laboratory
Keith Prince AM, Transport Committee Chairman
Caroline Pidgeon AM, Transport Committee Deputy Chair
David Kurten AM, Transport Committee Member
Shaun Bailey AM, Transport Committee Member
Tom Copley AM, Transport Committee Member
Navin Shah AM, Transport Committee Member
Date: Monday, 13 November 2017
Time: 14:00 –15:30
Location: GATEway Project, Royal Borough of Greenwich (DG Cities), 11th Floor, Mitre Passage, London SE10 0ER
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Wednesday 15 November
Q&A with the Met and MOPAC
10:00am in The Chamber
The Police and Crime Committee will hold a question and answer session with MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police about how Brexit affect the partnership arrangements with the EU for cooperation in the areas of security, law enforcement and criminal justice. Other subjects to be discussed include:
- Counter-terrorism: one year on from the Harris report
- Tackling knife crime
- Moped-enabled crime
- Front line policing
The guests are:
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, MOPAC
- AC Martin Hewitt QPM, Metropolitan Police
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Thursday 16 November
Mayor’s Question Time
10:00am in The Chamber
London Assembly Members will question Mayor Sadiq Khan on the following topics and more:
- Public Access Strategy Consultation
- Equal Pay Day
- Uber appeals process
- Bus casualty reduction target
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.