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Minutes Document for London Assembly (Mayor's MINUTES Meeting: London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Date: Thursday 19 July 2018 Time: 10.00 am Place: Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA Copies of the minutes may be found at: http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london- assembly/whole-assembly Present: Tony Arbour AM (Chairman) Florence Eshalomi AM Jennette Arnold OBE AM (Deputy Chair) Susan Hall AM Gareth Bacon AM David Kurten AM Shaun Bailey AM Joanne McCartney AM Sian Berry AM Steve O'Connell AM Andrew Boff AM Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM Leonie Cooper AM Keith Prince AM Tom Copley AM Caroline Russell AM Unmesh Desai AM Dr Onkar Sahota AM Tony Devenish AM Navin Shah AM Andrew Dismore AM Fiona Twycross AM Len Duvall AM Peter Whittle AM City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA Enquiries: 020 7983 4100 minicom: 020 7983 4458 www.london.gov.uk Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 19 July 2018 1 Apologies for Absence and Chairman's Announcements (Item 1) 1.1 An apology for absence was received from Nicky Gavron AM. 1.2 The Chairman welcomed to the public gallery Year 12 students from Higham Lane School in Warwickshire; political journalism students from the University of Oregon; journalism students from South Bank University; young people from Streamz, a charity in Lambeth working with young people aged 16-19 to improve their employment prospects; and Kamahl Sami-Miller, Co-Chair of the Waltham Forest Independent Advisory Group, Stop and Search. 1.3 The Chairman then gave an update on recent Assembly activity. The Assembly had marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS with a video tribute from all political parties. On behalf of the Assembly, the Chairman thanked Professor Sharma and Dr Malhotra, cardiologists at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, for their contributions. 1.4 The Chairman noted that the Assembly had marked Armed Forces Day with a flag raising ceremony which had been well attended by Assembly Members and the Mayor. 1.5 The Housing Committee had recently heard from tenants on the governance of social housing estates, and the Economy Committee had worked with micro-businesses to collect their views on the challenges they face to survive and prosper. 1.6 The Chairman highlighted the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Cressida Dick CBE’s, recent appearance before the Police and Crime Committee to give evidence on the violence blighting London and what the MPS was doing to stem the tide of crime. This would feed into the Committee’s ongoing investigation on tackling the rise of violent crime in London. 1.7 The Chairman noted the recent retirement of Brian Oakaby after sixteen years of dedicated service to the GLA. As Senior Events Officer he had been instrumental in establishing and maintaining the high quality of events across the GLA, and played a significant role in community cultural festivals, the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, the Holocaust Memorial, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations. The Deputy Chair had made a small presentation to him, on the Assembly’s behalf, at his leaving function. The Chairman wished him all the best in his retirement. 2 Declarations of Interests (Item 2) 2.1 Resolved: That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests. 2 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 19 July 2018 2.2 The Chairman confirmed that the dispensation awarded to all Members by the Monitoring Officer in 2017 meant that, while Members had a disclosable pecuniary interest in the issue at Agenda Item 7, they were properly able to take a decision on matters relating to their remuneration under that item on the agenda. 3 Minutes (Item 3) 3.1 Resolved: That the minutes from the London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) meeting held on 21 June 2018 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record. 4 Mayor's Report (Item 4) 4.1 The Assembly noted the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 8 June to 5 July 2018. 4.2 In accordance with Standing Order 5.4A, the Mayor gave an oral update on matters occurring since the publication of his report. The record of the oral update is attached at Appendix 1. 5 Questions to the Mayor (Item 5) 5.1 The record of the discussion with the Mayor, 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 unanswered during the meeting is attached as Appendix 3. 5.3 During the course of the question and answer session the Chairman proposed, and it was agreed, that Standing Order 2.9B be suspended to extend the meeting in order to allow the remaining questions on the priority order paper to be put to the Mayor and for the remaining items of business on the agenda to be considered. 5.4 At the conclusion of the question and answer session, the Assembly agreed the motion set out on the agenda in the name of the Chairman, namely: “That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked”. 3 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 19 July 2018 6 Motions (Item 6) 6.1 Tony Arbour AM moved and Jenette Arnold OBE AM seconded the following motion, which, in accordance with Standing Order 3.5, incorporated a minor alteration moved by Tony Arbour AM, namely to add the Economy Committee to those Assembly committee’s listed in the motion: “The motion agreed by the Assembly at the London Assembly (Plenary) meeting on 7 June 2018 reiterated the Assembly’s long-standing opposition to a third runway at Heathrow airport and set out a positive resolution to campaign to prevent its implementation. Noting that motion, the Assembly agrees that the Transport, Environment, Housing, Planning, Economy and Health Committees will have a standing item on the agenda for each of its meetings to formally consider how it will contribute to the Assembly’s work in opposing the expansion of Heathrow Airport and a third runway.” 6.2 Upon being put to the vote, the motion in the name of Tony Arbour AM, as alterered, was unanimously agreed. 7 Pay Award 2018-19 for GLA Statutory Officers (Item 7) 7.1 The Assembly received the report of the Interim Head of Paid Service. 7.2 Resolved: That: (a) Noting that it is a joint decision with the Mayor, a pay award of 2% be made to the Head of Paid Service and the Executive Director of Resources, as Statutory Officers, be agreed; (b) The substantive pay of the Monitoring Officer to be settled through the staff pay award be noted; and (c) In accordance with the Senior Salaries Review Body (SRRB) recommendation made and agreed in 2009, the application of the local government pay settlement of 2% for 2018-19 to the pay of the Mayor and Assembly Members be noted. [Note: See also Item 2: Declarations of Interest.] 4 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 19 July 2018 8 Proposed Changes to the Assembly's Decision-Making Framework and Scheme of Delegation (Item 8) 8.1 The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat. 8.2 Resolved: (a) That the proposed changes to the Decision-Making Framework: The London Assembly & its Committees, as set out at Appendix A to the report, including approval to the following delegations of authority, be agreed: (i) That the Assembly agrees to delegate authority to the Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee, to approve, following consultation with the Deputy Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee and, where appropriate, the relevant Assembly Committee Chair (and any other Member as deemed necessary), any non-routine expenditure in relation to the Assembly’s scrutiny functions, with the exception of expenditure for consultancy, including research services and polling, which is subject to separate procedures, as outlined in the Assembly’s Decision-Making Framework; (ii) That the Assembly agrees to delegate authority to the Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee, to approve, following consultation with the Deputy Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee, the relevant Assembly Committee Chair (and any other Member as deemed necessary), any urgent requests for expenditure for consultancy, including research services and polling, noting that, where there is no case for urgency, the usual procedures set out in the Assembly’s Decision-Making Framework will apply; and (b) That the Scheme of Delegations of Functions of the London Assembly be updated to reflect the additional delegations of authority to the Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee accordingly. 9 Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee Revised Terms of Reference (Item 9) 9.1 The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat. 9.2 Resolved: That the revised terms of reference for the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be agreed. 5 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 19 July 2018 10 Future Meetings (Item 10) 10.1 Resolved: (a) That it be agreed that the Assembly, under section 61 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, require the attendance of Sir Peter Hendy CBE (Chair, LLDC) and Lyn Garner (Chief Executive, LLDC) at the 6 September 2018 London Assembly (Plenary) meeting at 10am, for which notice will be given in accordance with section 62 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 in due course, to answer questions in relation to the policies and work of the London Legacy Development Corporation; and (b) That the Assembly provisionally agree to hold an additional Plenary meeting on Monday 3 September 2018 at 2pm in the Chamber principally to hold a question and answer session with Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, regarding his draft Health Inequalities Strategy, subject to its finalisation.
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