Coming up next week at the London Assembly
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Tuesday 14 July
Robocabs
Transport Committee – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
The Transport Committee will explore TfL’s engagement with prospective operators of autonomous passenger services in London, and any work TfL has done to assess how they might help TfL achieve the Mayor's Transport Strategy targets.
The guests are:
- Christina Calderato, Director of Strategy, TfL
- Danny Price, Director of Sponsored Services and Regulatory Compliance, TfL
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 / [email protected]
Wednesday 15 July
Grooming Gangs
Policing & Crime Committee – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
The Police and Crime Committee will scrutinise the Met over its response to grooming gangs, including its work on prevention, investigation, victim support, and progress on the review of 9,000 historical cases.
Guests include:
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth, Metropolitan Police Service
- Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Will Balakrishnan, Director of Commissioning and Partnerships, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
The Committee will then hold a Q&A with the Deputy Mayor, looking at Live Facial Recognition and the protests outside Edgware United Synagogue.
Guest includes:
- Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Smyth on 07763 251727 / [email protected]
Fly-tipping
Environment Committee – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 2pm
The Environment Committee will meet to understand the causes of fly-tipping and larger-scale illegal dumping in London, and what can be done to prevent it, punish those responsible and remediate the environmental impacts.
The guests are:
Panel 1 (14.00 – 15.10)
- Dr Anna Scott, Director of Services, Keep Britain Tidy
- Casey Dalton, CEO, Harrow Litter Pickers
- Dr Helen Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester
Panel 2 (15.15 – 16.15)
- Dan Cooke, Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs, CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management)
- Barry Russell MBE, Regulated Industry Environment Manager, Environment Agency
MEDIA CONTACT: Daniel Zikmund on 07860 647 577 / [email protected]
Thursday 16 July
Mayor’s Question Time
All Assembly – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
In the final Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) before the summer break, Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan will face Assembly questions on topics including:
- Tube Noise
- Changing your mind
- Disability Action Plan
- Steps to address Londoners’ repeated ozone exposure
- Failing Grade
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 / [email protected]
Notes to editors
For more information, please contact Daniel Zikmund in the Assembly Media Office on 07860647577 or [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.