How can London benefit from devolution?
Tomorrow, as part of its investigation into London’s place in the Government’s proposed devolution reforms, the GLA Oversight Committee will build on its examination of London’s current devolution settlement.
This meeting will consider priority areas for London in any new devolution settlement and assess the opportunities available to London through the English Devolution White Paper and the proposed devolution framework in the English Devolution Bill. The following areas will be covered:
- Opportunities for London in the English Devolution White Paper
- Decision making and coordination with London boroughs
- Integrated Settlement
- Fiscal devolution
- Potential new powers and amendments to the GLA Act
- Scrutiny arrangements
The guests are:
Panel 1 - approx. 11:00am - 12:05pm
- Cllr Claire Holland - Chair of London Councils
- Professor Tony Travers - Professor in Practice and Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy
Panel 2 - approx. 12:10pm - 1:00pm
- Richard Watts - Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor of London
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 9 July from 10am, 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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Notes to editors
- Read the agenda in full.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
- Bassam Mahfouz AM, Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the GLA Oversight Committee investigation into London’s place in the Government’s proposed devolution reforms.
- Find out more about the work of the GLA Oversight Committee.
For media enquiries, please contact Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 or at [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly