This meeting took place on 3 March 2016. Read the transcript for the first section here, the second section here and the third section here.
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will tomorrow follow up its investigative work in three key areas; how rape cases are handled, child sexual exploitation and mental health and policing.
The Committee will hear from the following guests (timings are approximate):
Rape case handling – from 10:00am to 10:45am:
- Detective Chief Superintendent Keith Niven, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
- Baljit Ubhey, Chief Crown Prosecutor, London
- Samantha Cunningham, Head of Service Integrated Offender Management, Programmes and Neighbourhoods, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
Child sexual exploitation – from 10:45am to 11:30am:
- Detective Chief Superintendent Keith Niven, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
- Samantha Cunningham, Head of Service Integrated Offender Management, Programmes and Neighbourhoods, MOPAC.
Mental health and policing – from 11:30am to 12:15pm:
- Commander Christine Jones, MPS
- Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive CNWL NHS Trust
- Samantha Cunningham, Head of Service Integrated Offender Management, Programmes and Neighbourhoods, MOPAC.
The meeting will take place on Thursday 3 March from 10:00am in the Chamber at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.
Notes to editors
- Full Agenda papers.
- Joanne McCartney AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee is available for interview. See contact details below.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For media enquiries, please contact Mary Dolan on 020 7983 4603. 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.