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Standing up for London Standing up for London London Assembly’s Annual Report 2011-12 Contents Welcome Brian Coleman Assembly Members what they do? Dee Doocey Holding the Mayor to account Len Duvall Safety and Policing Roger Evans Housing and Planning Nicky Gavron Transport Darren Johnson Health and Community Jenny Jones London’s Economy Joanne McCartney Environment and Climate Change Kit Malthouse The 2012 Games Steve O’Connell How the Assembly uses your money Caroline Pidgeon Murad Qureshi 2008-12 London Assembly Members Navin Shah Tony Arbour JP Valerie Shawcross Jennette Arnold Richard Tracey JP Gareth Bacon Mike Tuffrey Richard Barnbrook Richard Barnes London Assembly - Membership of Committee 2010-11 John Biggs 2008 Election Results Constituency Assembly Members Andrew Boff Londonwide Members Victoria Borwick Turnout and technical information James Cleverly Published reports 2011-12 2|3 London Assembly’s Annual Report 2011-12 Welcome Welcome to the latest London Assembly the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime Our role Londoners can see and hear what is being annual report, which sets out the work we (MOPC) which, along with the London The London Assembly is a watchdog for done on their behalf. The Assembly has have done over the year to April 2012. The Assembly Police and Crime Committee, London. It holds Mayor Boris Johnson and an active programme of engagement with Assembly is required by law to produce this replaced the Metropolitan Police Authority his advisers to account by publicly examining schools, colleges and universities encouraging report but, more importantly, it is a chance (MPA) in January 2012. policies, activities and decisions in key students to come to City Hall to learn about for us to tell Londoners what we have been The remaining sections reflect the priorities areas like policing; housing and planning; their city government and watch it in action doing on your behalf. From our regular Q&A Londoners identified in the GLA’s Annual transport; economic development; health at meetings like Mayor’s Question Time. The sessions with Mayor Boris Johnson and London Survey: safety and policing; and community services; the environment; Assembly also hosts an increasing number of other senior figures in London government, housing and planning; transport; health and and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. visits from overseas delegations who want to to investigating a raft of important London community; London’s economy; environment The Mayor is required to consult Assembly learn more about how London is governed. In issues, to dealing with thousands of and climate change; and the 2012 Games. Members ahead of producing his statutory the past year the Assembly has hosted official Londoners’ concerns, Assembly Members strategies and his £14.7 billion a year budget, visits from China, Denmark, El Salvador, have been your voice at City Hall. This Who we are which includes the GLA portion of your Nigeria, Japan, Vietnam and Wales. The London Assembly is made up of report gives a brief summary of that work council tax. As well as examining the Mayor’s Twice a year Assembly Members and the and how you can find out more about a 25 Members elected by Londoners at the policies through its meetings and committees, same time as the Mayor. Eleven represent the Mayor hold People’s Question Time, giving particular subject. the Assembly directly questions the Mayor Londoners an opportunity to ask them whole of the capital with fourteen elected ten times a year at Mayor’s Question Time. We have grouped our work around eight by constituencies made up of two or three directly what they are doing to improve life subject headings. The first details how London boroughs. In addition to their City Hall duties Assembly in London. This year’s events were held in the Assembly has looked at the actions Members represented Londoners on three key Hornchurch and Hammersmith. On 1 May 2008 nearly two and a half million of the Mayor and his senior advisers and organisations: the MPA, LFEPA and the LDA. The Mayor has to answer to Londoners at appointees, and examined the finances Londoners cast their vote to elect the third London Assembly since the GLA was Assembly Members are champions for London, the ballot box every four years; the London and performance of the Greater London investigating issues that affect everyday life in Assembly’s job is to ensure the Mayor is held Authority (GLA) group, which includes created. The Assembly consisted of eleven Conservative, eight Labour, three Liberal the capital to find ways of improving our city. democratically accountable every day. Transport for London (TfL), the London Fire The Assembly publishes reports recommending and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) Democrat, two Green and one independent Assembly Members. Biographies of Assembly action by the Mayor, central government, local and the London Development Agency authorities and others. (LDA) which was abolished at the end of Members are on pages 24-33. March 2012. The GLA group also includes All London Assembly meetings are held in public and broadcast on the GLA website so 4|5 London Assembly’s Annual Report 2011-12 Assembly Members what do they do? The Mayor is the most powerful directly and LFEPA in order to press for improvements in public and publish their findings and which is responsible for running the London elected politician in the UK, so Assembly to services and ensure the organisations are recommendations, making proposals to the Fire Brigade. Members have a key role in holding him to accountable to Londoners. The Mayor sets the Mayor and government organisations about A great deal of an Assembly Member’s work account on behalf of Londoners in between priorities for these Greater London Authority ways to improve the capital. A committee takes place in public to ensure the maximum elections. The most visible example of this group organisations, which have a combined may also ask an individual Member to carry amount of transparency and accountability, but is Mayor’s Question Time where the Mayor budget of £14.7bn. The chairs and chief out a special investigation on its behalf, and there is plenty of behind the scenes activity answers to Assembly Members during two and executives of the Olympic Delivery Authority, Assembly Members produce their own reports. too. Assembly meetings and investigations all a half hours of questions in City Hall’s Chamber which gets part of its funding from Londoners’ Assembly Members investigate and publish require preparation with lots of background ten times a year. council tax, the Olympic Park Legacy Company reports on actions and decisions the Mayor research including briefings with experts, site Mayor’s Question Time and other Assembly and the London Organising Committee of the takes, and anything else the Assembly visits and meetings with people who use the meetings provide a public forum for discussing Olympic and Paralympic Games also appear considers to be of importance to Greater services being examined. in front of Assembly Members so they can alternative ideas and challenging policies that London. To help conduct investigations Every year Assembly Members receive affect the daily lives of Londoners. As well monitor preparations for the 2012 Games and the Assembly has the power to summons the legacy they will leave behind. thousands of emails and letters raising concerns as cross-examination during these sessions, documents and relevant people before itself or asking for help in dealing with a particular Assembly Members submit written questions Members propose and vote on motions and its committees. Londoners are also asked problem. Assembly Members take up the case to the Mayor, often at the suggestion raising issues of importance to the capital at for their views on subjects under investigation with the appropriate organisation and press of their constituents. In the last year the Assembly meetings and can agree to petition and these are reflected in Assembly reports for solutions. Sometimes these postbag issues Mayor was asked 4028 questions. Like all the Mayor or organisations within the GLA Assembly Members play an active role in will become the focus of formal Assembly Assembly meetings these sessions are public group on behalf of Londoners. The Assembly organisations that are part of the GLA group. investigations with public meetings to air the so Londoners can stay informed about the also makes the case for London in response Twelve Assembly Members sat on the MPA complaints and question the organisations Mayor’s activities, and the Assembly can to consultations from government and other until it was replaced by the Mayor’s Office for involved, for example the review of the provide public critical challenge and review of organisations whose proposals will have Policing and Crime and the London Assembly accessibility of the transport network in his performance – an established principle of an impact on the capital, for example the Police and Crime Committee in January 2012. London. Assembly Members also spend a lot representative democracies. proposed construction of a High Speed Rail These bodies are responsible for making sure of time outside City Hall meeting constituents Assembly Members also hold regular Link into Euston. that London’s police are accountable for the face to face. discussions with the chairs, chief executives and The Assembly conducts its investigations services they provide to people in the capital. Simply put, the job of an Assembly Member is commissioners of TfL, the Metropolitan Police through committees, which meet regularly Eight Assembly Members serve on LFEPA, to stand up for Londoners. 6|7 London Assembly’s Annual Report 2011-12 Holding the Mayor to Account The Assembly’s primary responsibility is to monitor and review how the Mayor exercises his powers, investigating his actions and decisions and those of his staff, and contribute to the development of policy.
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