Item 3 MINUTES Meeting: (Mayor’s Question Time) Date: Wednesday 25 February 2009 Time: 10.00am Place: The Chamber, City Hall, The Queens Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Copies of the minutes may be found at: http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/meetings_names.jsp

Present:

Jennette Arnold (Chair) Nicky Gavron

Tony Arbour Darren Johnson

Gareth Bacon Jenny Jones

Richard Barnbrook

Richard Barnes Joanne McCartney

John Biggs Steve O’Connell

Andrew Boff Caroline Pidgeon

Victoria Borwick Murad Qureshi

James Cleverly Navin Shah

Brian Coleman Valerie Shawcross

Dee Doocey Richard Tracey

Len Duvall Mike Tuffrey

Roger Evans

City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA Enquiries: 020 7983 4100 minicom: 020 7983 4458 www.london.gov.uk London Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) 25 February 2008

1. Apologies for Absence and Announcements (Item 1)

1.1 There were no apologies for absence.

1.2 The Chair explained that she would be writing, on the Assembly’s behalf, to MP, Leader of the Opposition, and his family to express condolences on the loss of his son.

1.3 The Chair welcomed to the public gallery students from University College London, West London College and St Dominic’s Sixth Form College Harrow.

2. Declarations of Interests (Item 2)

2.1 Resolved:

(a) That the relevant Assembly Members’ membership of Functional Bodies and London Borough Councils, as set out in Item 2 on the agenda, be noted and recorded as personal interests; and

(b) That the declaration of interest made by Victoria Borwick AM in relation to Q293/2009 on the priority list of questions for the meeting, arising from the fact that her husband was employed by a company which made electric commercial vans, be additionally noted; and

(c) That gifts and hospitality received by Members, as set out on the Authority’s gifts and hospitality register, be noted.

[Note: Victoria Borwick AM left the Chamber for the duration of the discussion in relation to Q293/2009.]

3. Minutes (Item 3)

3.1 Resolved:

That the minutes of the 28 January 2009 (Mayor’s Question Time) meeting of the London Assembly be confirmed as an accurate record to be signed by the Chair.

4. Mayor’s Report (Item 4)

4.1 Resolved:

That the Mayor’s Report for the period 15 January to 11 February 2009 be noted.

4.2 In accordance with Standing Order 5.4A, the Chair had agreed to allow the Mayor to give an oral update on matters occurring since the publication of his report. The record of the oral update, the supplementary questions put to the Mayor by Assembly Members, and the answers to those questions are set out at Appendix 1.

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5. Questions to the Mayor (Item 5)

5.1 The record of the discussion, including oral answers given by the Mayor to Members’ questions, is attached as Appendix 2.

5.2 The written answers to those questions not asked or answered during the meeting are attached as Appendix 3.

5.3 At 12.30pm, the Chair proposed and it was agreed that Standing Order 2.9B be suspended to allow the extension of the meeting in order to consider the remaining business on the agenda.

5.4 During the course of the discussion, Kit Malthouse AM raised a point of order in relation to Q508/2009 on the priority list of questions for the meeting. Kit Malthouse indicated that he considered that the question was not in order and believed that it constituted a breach of the Authority’s Code of Conduct for elected Members. The Chair explained that she had ruled that the question complied with Standing Order 5.5, as it related to a recent visit by the Mayor to John Biggs’ AM constituency, and that any formal complaint alleging a breach of the Code of Conduct by an elected member would need to be made to the Authority’s Monitoring Officer.

[Note: See also Declarations of Interest, resolution 2.1(b) above.]

6. Mayoral Appointment to the Office of Deputy Chairman of Transport for London (Item 6)

6.1 The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2 Resolved:

(a) That the letter, dated 27 January 2009, from the Mayor to the Chair of the Assembly, which advises of the proposed appointment of Daniel Moylan to the office of Deputy Chairman of TfL be noted;

(b) That the recent actions taken by the Chair of the Assembly, Jennette Arnold AM, under delegated authority, namely to hold a confirmation hearing in relation to the proposed appointment to the office of Deputy Chairman of TfL and to request that the nominee to that office provide a CV and a supporting statement and any other relevant information in advance of the confirmation hearing be noted; and

(c) That the Confirmation Hearings Committee’s decision, following its meeting on 16 February 2009, to recommend that the Mayor should proceed with the appointment of Daniel Moylan to the office of Deputy Chairman of TfL be noted.

7. Date of Next Meeting (Item 7)

7.1 It was noted that the next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly (Plenary) would be held on Wednesday 18 March 2009 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

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8. Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent (Item 8)

8.1 There was no urgent business.

9. Close of Meeting

9.1 The meeting ended at 12.44 pm.

Chair Date

Contact Officer: Rebecca Arnold Committee Team Leader GLA Secretariat, City Hall The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA

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