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London Assembly Minutes MINUTES Meeting: London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Date: Thursday 27 May 2021 Time: 10.00 am Place: Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA Copies of the minutes may be found at: www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/whole-assembly Present: Andrew Boff AM (Chair) Peter Fortune AM Keith Prince AM (Deputy Chairman) Neil Garratt AM Marina Ahmad AM Susan Hall AM Shaun Bailey AM Krupesh Hirani AM Elly Baker AM Joanne McCartney AM Siân Berry AM Sem Moema AM Emma Best AM Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM Hina Bokhari AM Zack Polanski AM Anne Clarke AM Nicholas Rogers AM Léonie Cooper AM Caroline Russell AM Unmesh Desai AM Dr Onkar Sahota AM Tony Devenish AM Sakina Sheikh AM Len Duvall AM City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA Enquiries: 020 7983 4100 www.london.gov.uk v1/2021 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 27 May 2021 1 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements (Item 1) 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members, officers and the public, both in the gallery and watching on the webcast, to the first Mayor’s Question Time meeting of the London Assembly following the GLA election. There were no apologies for absence. 1.2 The Chair provided an update on recent Assembly activity, including: a continued role for the Assembly in holding the Mayor to account and representing Londoners as the city rebuilt from COVID-19; a letter from the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee to the Mayor with recommendations on how to help those living in unsafe and overcrowded homes due to cladding; and the anticipated finalisation of the Assembly’s work programme, with Members working cross-party to achieve Londoners’ priorities. 2 Declarations of Interests (Item 2) 2.1 The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat. 2.2 Resolved: (a) 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; and (b) That the appointment of Joanne McCartney AM as Deputy Mayor be noted. 3 Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent (Item 6) 3.1 In accordance with Standing Order 2.2D, the Chair determined that urgent business received under Item 6 be taken before the Mayor’s Report. 3a Change to Committee Membership (Item 6a) 3.2 The Chair agreed to accept an item of urgent business in accordance with section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), which had been circulated via a supplementary agenda, on the grounds that the nomination was received after the publication of the agenda and should be received by the Assembly at the earliest opportunity. 3.3 Following the nomination of the London Assembly Labour Group, it was proposed that Marina Ahmad AM be appointed to a vacant position on the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee. 3.4 Resolved: That further to the London Assembly Labour Group’s nomination, Marina Ahmad AM be appointed as a member of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee, to fill the vacant seat allocated to the Labour Group. Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 27 May 2021 4 Mayor's Report (Item 3) 4.1 The Assembly noted the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 5 March to 13 May 2021. 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. 4.3 Resolved: That the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 5 March to 13 May 2021 be noted. 5 Questions to the Mayor (Item 4) 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 The Deputy Chairman assumed the Chair from 12.28pm to 12.29pm to allow the Chair to ask a supplementary question to question 2021/2185. 5.4 During the course of the question and answer session the Chair 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. 5.5 At the conclusion of the question and answer session, the Assembly agreed the motion set out on the agenda in the name of the Chair, namely: “That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked”. 6 Date of Next Meeting (Item 5) 6.1 The next meeting of the London Assembly would be the Plenary meeting which was scheduled to take place at 10.00am on 10 June 2021 in the Chamber, City Hall. 6.2 The Chair reminded Members that an Extraordinary meeting of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee would begin shortly after the close of the Assembly meeting. 7 Close of Meeting 7.1 The meeting ended at 12.50pm. Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 27 May 2021 Chair Date Contact Officer: Fiona Bywaters, Committee Services Manager; Telephone: 0207 983 4425; Email: [email protected] .
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