PUBLIC MEETINGS: Tuesday 11 November Mayor’s Housing Strategy Housing Committee – 10:00am in Committee Room 5 The Housing Committee will examine progress on the delivery of the Mayor’s Housing Strategy and question the following guests:
Jamie Ratcliff, Assistant Director - Programme, Policy and Services, Greater London Authority
John East, Director - Community Infrastructure Resources and Commercial Development, London Borough of Newham
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lam on 020 7983 4067 Wednesday 12 November Door-to-door transport services Transport Committee – 10:00am in the Chamber The Transport Committee will discuss door-to-door transport services, such as Dial-a-Ride, for people who have difficulties using mainstream public transport. The following guests will be questioned:
Leon Daniels, Managing Director, Surface Transport, Transport for London (TfL)
Peter Blake, Director of Surface Operations, TfL
Spencer Palmer, Director, Transport and Mobility, London Councils
Faryal Velmi, Director, Transport for All
Ewan Jones, Deputy Chief Executive, Community Transport Association
Joan Hunt, door-to-door service user
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4067 Thursday 13 November Q&A session with MOPAC and the Met Police and Crime Committee – 10:00am in Committee Room 5 The Police and Crime Committee will follow up work on its report Falling short: The Met’s healthcare of detainees in custody with questions to:
Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Helen King, Assistant Commissioner for Territorial Policing, Metropolitan Police Service
Paul Tarbuck, Acting Head of Health Inspections at HM Inspectorate of Prisons
From approximately 11:00 am:
The Committee will then question Craig Mackey, Deputy Commissioner, Helen King, Assistant Commissioner for Territorial Policing and Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime on the following subjects:
Violent crime
Gangs and gang violence
Crime prevention strategy
Hate Crime reduction strategy
Water Cannon
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228 Notes for Editors:
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