Week coming up at the London Assembly w/c 3 September

PUBLIC MEETINGS:

Monday 3 September 2018

Health Inequalities Strategy

Plenary - 2.00pm in The Chamber

London Assembly Members will discuss the Mayor’s strategy to tackle inequalities in health in the capital and put questions to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.

The London Assembly will then consider its response to the Mayor’s Draft Health Inequalities Strategy and determine whether to use its power to reject the draft strategy.

MEDIA CONTACT: Howard Wheeler on 020 7983 5769

Tuesday 4 September 2018

Housing delivery vehicles

Housing Committee – 10.00am in The Chamber

The Housing Committee will discuss the opportunities and risks of London councils setting up local housing companies in order to build more housing. The guests are:

• James Murray, Deputy Mayor for Housing (attending with James Clark, Head of Housing Strategy, Housing and Land, Mayor of London)
• Cllr Ravi Govindia, Leader of London Borough of Wandsworth (attending with Brian Reilly, Director of Housing and Regeneration and Chris Jones, Assistant Director, Strategy and Development)
• Deborah Heenan, Major Projects Director, London Borough of Newham;
• Richard Blakeway, Chair of BexleyCo
• Councillor Louise Mitchell, Cabinet Member for Housing, London Borough of Waltham Forest (attending with Paul Mawson, Managing Director of Sixty Brick)
• Pat Hayes, Chief Executive of BeFirst
• Simon Theobald, Head of Finance, Neighbourhoods and Housing, London Borough of Hackney
• Mark Baigent, Interim Director of Housing and Regeneration, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

MEDIA CONTACT: Funmi Olutoye on 020 7084 2713

Tuesday 4 September 2018

The Mayor’s Marketing Expenditure

GLA Oversight Committee – 3.30pm in The Chamber

The GLA Oversight Committee will examine the GLA’s marketing expenditure, its focus and its impact. The guests are:

• Leah Kreitzman, Mayoral Director, External and International Affairs
• Emma Strain, Assistant Director, External Relations

The Committee will also be questioning Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, on the restructuring of the Culture team.

MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228

Wednesday 5 September 2018

Q&A with MOPAC and the Met

Police and Crime Committee – 10.00am in The Chamber

The Police and Crime Committee will question the head of the Metropolitan Police about the terrorism threat and measures put in place to protect the public. Questions will also include tackling violent crime, policing at Notting Hill Carnival, the impact of Brexit. The guests are:

• Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
• Sir Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service
• Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, MOPAC

MEDIA CONTACT: Howard Wheeler on 020 7983 5769

Wednesday 5 September 2018

Social regeneration of neighbourhoods post-Grenfell

Regeneration Committee – 2.00pm in The Chamber

The Regeneration Committee will investigate how resident-led regeneration, with the help of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, can help communities recover from traumatic events, such as the Grenfell Tower blaze. Guests include:

• Doug Goldring, Director of Housing Management, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• Cllr Walaa Idris, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• Cllr Kim Taylor-Smith, Deputy Leader, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• Louise Duggan, Area Manager, NW Regeneration Team, Greater London Authority

MEDIA CONTACT: Giles Broadbent on 020 7983 4067

Thursday 6 September 2018

London Legacy Development Corporation

Plenary - 10.00am in The Chamber

The Assembly will put questions to the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC).

Topics for discussion will include:

• Meeting the ambition of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy in the Olympic Park
• New Chief Executive update
• LLDC policy

The guests are:

• Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair, LLDC
• Lyn Garner, Chief Executive, LLDC

MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228