Coming up next week at the London Assembly
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Tuesday 25 March
Mayoral Decisions
Oversight Committee – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
The Mayor has published a number of Mayoral Decisions since December 2024.
The GLA Oversight Committee will question guests on some of these decisions. The Committee will also ask questions on the Mayor’s Annual Equalities reports for 2022-23 and 2023-24.
The guests are:
Panel 1 – Mayor’s Annual Equalities Report:
- Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard - Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice
- Tom Rahilly - Assistant Director for Communities and Social Policy, GLA
- Rupinder Parhar - Head of Equalities, GLA
Panel 2 – Mayoral Decisions
- Mostaque Ahmed - Director of Corporate Services, London Fire Brigade
- Other guests to be confirmed.
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 / [email protected]
Wednesday 26 March
Q&A with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
Police and Crime Committee – Committee Rooms 2 & 3, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will meet with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime to explore the level and pace of progress made by the Met since the Casey review was published in March 2023 and any updates regarding an independent review of progress.
The guests are:
- Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Kenny Bowie, Director of Strategy and MPS Oversight, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Smyth on 07763 251 727 / [email protected]
Financing Housing in London
Housing Committee – Committee Rooms 2 & 3, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 2pm
The Housing Committee will meet to ask how to increase the amount of finance available to build social and affordable housing, the risks of different financing models, and whether private investment can help meet new housebuilding targets.
Panel 1: 2pm – 3.15pm
- Will Jeffwitz, Head of Policy, National Housing Federation
- Josh Ryan-Collins, Professor in Economics and Finance, University College London (UCL) Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
- Steve Partridge FCPFA, Director, Head of Housing Consultancy, Savills
Panel 2: 3.30pm – 4.45pm
- Bek Seeley, Founder, Place Partners
- Angela Wood, Deputy Executive Director of Development, Peabody Housing Association
- Piali Das Gupta, Strategy Director, London’s Future & Places, London Councils
MEDIA CONTACT: Josh Hunt on 07763 252 310 / [email protected]
Thursday 27 March
Heathrow Airport – Surface Access
Transport Committee – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 2pm
The Transport Committee will discuss surface access to Heathrow Airport – all the ways in which passengers, communities, colleagues and goods travel to and from the airport – in the context of the proposals for a third runway.
The guests are:
- Sophie Chapman, Surface Access Director, Heathrow Airport
- Tim Leach, Head of Surface Access Strategy and Sponsorship, Heathrow Airport
- Christina Calderato, Director of Transport Strategy and Policy, Transport for London
- Marcus Jones, Route Director, Western, Network Rail
- Anthony Smith, Chair, Heathrow Area Transport Forum
MEDIA CONTACT: Josh Hunt on 07763 252 310 / [email protected]
Notes to editors
For more information, please contact Josh Hunt in the Assembly Media Office on 07763 252 310 or [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.