Committees and their memberships and Chairs’ for the new London Assembly have been announced.
At its Annual Meeting today, all Assembly Members were present to vote for new leadership.
The new Chairman of the London Assembly is confirmed as Tony Arbour AM and the new Deputy Chair is Jennette Arnold OBE AM.
Chairman of the London Assembly, Tony Arbour AM said;
“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Jennette Arnold OBE AM for her hard work and dedication as Chair of the Assembly over the past year and I welcome her expertise as she assumes the role of Deputy Chair.
This election saw high voter turnout. Londoners have done their bit, now we will endeavour to do ours. The role of the Assembly is to hold the Mayor and his functional bodies to account – this means promises made in the Mayoral manifesto need to be upheld. We will continue to publicly question the Mayor and those appointed by him to run the capital to ensure Londoners’ voices are heard now the campaigning is over and the real work begins.”
The meeting also agreed the membership and Chairs of a range of Committees to lead investigations into issues ranging from housing in the capital to tackling air quality.
The meeting can be viewed here.
The role of the Assembly is to act as a check and balance on the activities of the Mayor of London.
Committees, Chairs and Deputy Chairs as follows:
Audit Panel (4 Members)
Chairman: Peter Whittle AM
Deputy Chairman: Keith Prince AM
Budget and Performance Committee (7 Members)
Chairman: Gareth Bacon AM
Deputy Chair: Len Duvall AM
Confirmation Hearings Committee (9 Members)
Chairman: Andrew Boff AM
Economy Committee (6 Members)
Chair: Fiona Twycross AM
Deputy Chair: Kemi Badenoch AM
Environment Committee (7 Members)
Chair: Leonie Cooper AM
Deputy Chair: Caroline Russell AM
GLA Oversight Committee (9 Members)
Chairman: Gareth Bacon AM
Deputy Chair: Len Duvall AM
Health Committee (5 Members)
Chair: Dr Onkar Sahota AM
Deputy Chairman: Shaun Bailey AM
Housing Committee (7 Members)
Chairman: Andrew Boff AM
Deputy Chair: Tom Copley AM
Planning Committee (5 Members)
Chairman: Tony Devenish AM
Deputy Chair: Nicky Gavron AM
Police and Crime Committee (10 Members)
Chairman: Steve O’Connell AM
Deputy Chair: Unmesh Desai AM
Regeneration Committee (5 Members)
Chair: Navin Shah AM
Deputy Chair: TBC
Transport Committee (10 Members)
Chair: Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM
Deputy Chairman: Keith Prince AM
Notes to editors
- All London Assembly Committee meetings are open to the public.
- See our public meeting calendar.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more details, please contact Alison Bell in the Assembly Media Office on 020 7983 4228. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit, Greater London Authority, on 020 7983 4100.