MINUTES

Meeting: Environment Committee Date: Wednesday 18 September 2019 Time: 10.00 am Place: Committee Room 5, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, , SE1 2AA

Copies of the minutes may be found at: www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/environment

Present:

Caroline Russell AM (Chair) Léonie Cooper AM (Deputy Chair) Tony Arbour AM Jennette Arnold OBE AM Shaun Bailey AM Nicky Gavron AM David Kurten AM

1 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements (Item 1)

1.1 There were no apologies for absence.

2 Declarations of Interests (Item 2)

2.1 The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

2.2 For the purposes of transparency, Léonie Cooper AM declared that she was a member of Community Renewable Energy Wandsworth.

2.3 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.

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3 Minutes (Item 3)

3.1 Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 2019 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

4 Summary List of Actions (Item 4)

4.1 The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2 Resolved:

That the outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

5 Action Taken under Delegated Authority (Item 5)

5.1 The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

5.2 Resolved:

That the action taken by the Chair under delegated authority, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the output from the 24 July 2019 meeting on Heathrow airport and air pollution in London, be noted.

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6 Question and Answer with the Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy (Item 6)

6.1 The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on energy for Londoners, waste and incineration, air pollution and the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and green infrastructure to the following invited guests:  Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy;  James Hardy, Senior Manager, Energy for Londoners, (GLA);  Andrew Dunwoody, Policy & Programmes Manager, Waste and the Green Economy, GLA;  Oliver Lord, Deputy Air Quality Manager, GLA; and  Andrew Jones, Policy & Programmes Manager, Green Infrastructure, GLA.

6.2 A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

6.3 During the course of the discussion, Members requested the following additional information:  Details of the total amount of environmental funding that the Mayor had requested from the Government for London;  The number of people, or what percentage of homes, are required to make London Power feasible;  Details of the measurable criteria that the Committee could use to check on the progress of London Power;  A progress report on the Warmer Homes programme, aimed at those who were ‘able to pay’;  The timescale for Transport for London’s (TfL) energy procurement power and power purchase agreements to assist with increasing renewable use by TfL;  Figures outlining the percentage of London’s waste that was recycled in the UK and the percentage of London’s waste that was dealt with off-shore;  Figures outlining the impact that the energy from waste and incinerators had on the air quality in London;  Best-practice examples from that were demonstrating good recycling and reduction plans;  A list of London boroughs that had circular economy champions;  Details of whether the Environment Team has disseminated information about the Mayor’s scrappage scheme to black, Asian and minority ethnic owned businesses; and whether identified community papers or other local minority press are being used to get the information out to communities;

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 Information on the types of control groups used in wearables monitoring air pollution (i.e. rucksacks on children going to school);  An update report on the targets and progress of the TRiFOCAL programme;  Details of the projects and potential projects aimed to help reduce waste in the fashion industry;  A response to the effect that the closure of Hammersmith Bridge had had to the levels of pollution in the area, as mentioned in TfL’s report to Assembly Members on Hammersmith Bridge on 3 September 2019; and  A list of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPGs) that had pledged, and which of those are priorities.

6.4 The Deputy Mayor and Deputy Air Quality Manager, GLA, also agreed to arrange a briefing for Assembly Members on the monitoring sensors used in air quality studies.

6.5 Resolved:

(a) That the report and discussion be noted; and (b) That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output from the discussion.

7 Environment Committee Work Programme (Item 7)

7.1 The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

7.2 Resolved:

That the progress on work programme and the topics agreed by the GLA Oversight Committee on 1 July 2019 for the Committee’s meetings for July to October 2019 be noted.

8 Date of Next Meeting (Item 8)

8.1 The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 10 October 2019 at 10.00 am in the Chamber, City Hall.

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9 Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent (Item 9)

9.1 There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

10 Close of Meeting

10.1 The meeting ended at 12.56 pm.

Chair Date

Contact Officer: Lauren Harvey, Committee Officer; telephone: 020 7983 4383; email: [email protected]; minicom: 020 7983 4458

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