Assembly reflects on how it works for Londoners

The GLA Oversight Committee is investigating its ways of working for Plenary or All Assembly meetings. The investigation aims to:

• Identify any challenges presented by current Plenary practice, processes or culture in achieving its purpose and having the desired impact. This will include all plenary processes including Q&As, motions and petitions.
• Review proposals from Members, staff and external partners for potential reforms to Assembly Plenary practices in the short-and-medium term.
• Explore longer-term options for the future of Assembly Plenaries. 

Tomorrow, the Committee will look at the ‘big picture’ of Plenary, gathering external views on the purpose of Plenary, and suggestions for how Plenaries, or elements of Plenaries, might be done differently.

The guests are:

Panel 1: 14:00 – 15:20

• Ross Lydall, City Hall Editor, The Standard
• Noah Vickers, journalist at The House magazine and former Local Democracy Reporter London City Hall
• Tim Donovan, former BBC London Political Editor

Panel 2: 15:25 – 16:45

• Professor Tony Travers CBE, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, LSE
• Professor Patrick Diamond, Professor in Public Policy, Queen Mary University
• Professor Diana Stirbu, Professor of Public Policy and Governance, London Metropolitan University

The meeting will take place on Wednesday 21 January from 2pm, in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.

Media and members of the public are invited to attend.

The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.

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