The London Assembly EU Exit Working Group will discuss the impact that the agreed Brexit deal may have on London.
This investigation will look at what the deal means for London’s resilience, London’s EU citizens and Londoners living and working in the EU, London’s financial sector, the NHS and care sector and the construction industry.
The guests are:
Overview of the deal
- Maddy Thimont-Jack, Associate Director, Institute for Government
- Catherine McGuinness, Chair of the City of London Corporation’s Policy and Resources Committee
Resilience
- Dr Fiona Twycross, Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience and Chair of the London Resilience Forum
- John Hetherington, Head of London Resilience
The NHS and care sector
- Martin Machray, NHS Incident Director and joint Chief Nursing Officer
- Peter Boorman OBE, Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, NHS England
The construction industry
- Graham Watts OBE, Chief Executive, Construction Industry Council
London’s EU citizens and Londoners living and working in the EU
- Professor Charlotte O’Brien, York Law School and Principal Investigator, EU Rights and Brexit Hub
- Dr Alice Welsh, University of York Research Fellow, EU Rights and Brexit Hub
Financial services
- Chris Bates, Head of Financial Regulation Practice and Markets, Clifford Chance
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 26 January 2021 from 10:00am. In line with government advice, this meeting will take place virtually.
Media and members of the public can watch the meeting live here.
Notes to editors
- Agenda Papers
- Len Duvall AM, Chair of the EU Exit Working Group, is available for interview – see contact details below.
- EU Exit Working Group
- 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 Aoife Nolan on 07849 303 897. 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.