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Minutes Document for London Assembly (Mayor's MINUTES Meeting: London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Date: Thursday 17 December 2020 Time: 10.00 am Place: Virtual Meeting Copies of the minutes may be found at: www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/whole-assembly Present: Navin Shah AM (Chair) Nicky Gavron AM Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chairman) Susan Hall AM Jennette Arnold OBE AM David Kurten AM Gareth Bacon AM MP Joanne McCartney AM Shaun Bailey AM Dr Alison Moore AM Siân Berry AM Steve O'Connell AM Andrew Boff AM Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM Léonie Cooper AM Keith Prince AM Unmesh Desai AM Murad Qureshi AM Tony Devenish AM Caroline Russell AM Andrew Dismore AM Dr Onkar Sahota AM Len Duvall AM Peter Whittle AM Florence Eshalomi AM MP City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA Enquiries: 020 7983 4100 minicom: 020 7983 4458 www.london.gov.uk v1 2015 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 17 December 2020 1 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements (Item 1) 1.1 The Chair explained that the meeting was being held on a virtual basis, in accordance with Government regulations, and Assembly Members were participating remotely. 1.2 The Clerk read the roll-call of Assembly Members. There were no apologies for absence. 1.3 The Chair provided an update on recent Assembly activity, including: the Police and Crime Committee’s letter to the Metropolitan Police Service to ensure a plan is in place to support victims of domestic abuse over the Christmas period; the Economy Committee’s examination of the changing way in which Londoners were working could impact on the city’s commercial centres; the Environment Committee’s response to the Supreme Court Judgment on Heathrow Airport following its ruling for the expansion of the airport; the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee’s questioning of the London Fire Brigade and the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience on the status of the Brigade’s transformation plans; and the Budget and Performance Committee’s questioning of the Deputy Mayor and TfL Commissioner on the TfL budget for 2021-22. The Chair concluded with season’s greetings to all Londoners on behalf of the London Assembly. 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. 3 Mayor's Report (Item 3) 3.1 The Assembly noted the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 6 November to 3 December 2020. 3.2 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 Questions to the Mayor (Item 4) 4.1 The record of the discussion with the Mayor, including oral answers given by the Mayor to Members’ questions, is attached as Appendix 2. 2 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 17 December 2020 4.2 The written answers to those questions not asked or unanswered during the meeting is attached as Appendix 3. 4.3 The Deputy Chairman assumed the Chair from 10.26am to 10.31am for the duration of question 2020/4543. 4.4 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. 4.5 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.” 5 Delegation to the Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee (Item 5) 5.1 Resolved: That in relation to urgent matters only, a general delegation of authority in respect of the Assembly’s powers and functions (apart from those that cannot under the Greater London Authority Act 1999 be delegated) to the Chair of the GLA Oversight Committee, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman of that Committee, party Group Leaders, Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM and any relevant committee Chair(s) be agreed, from 17 December 2020 to the May 2021 GLA elections. 6 Future Meetings of the London Assembly (Item 6) 6.1 Resolved: That written answers be accepted to all questions submitted to the 25 February 2021 London Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meeting under the Mayor’s Question Time procedure, in order to devote time to discussion of the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2021/22. 3 Greater London Authority London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Thursday 17 December 2020 7 Date of Next Meeting (Item 7) 7.1 The next meeting of the London Assembly would be the Mayor’s Question Time meeting which was scheduled to take place at 10.00am on 21 January 2021as a virtual meeting. 8 Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent (Item 8) 8.1 There were no items of urgent business. 9 Close of Meeting 9.1 The meeting ended at 12.58pm. Chair Date Contact Officer: Fiona Bywaters Committee Services Manager GLA Secretariat, City Hall The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA Telephone: 020 7983 4425 Email: [email protected] 4 Appendix 1 Mayor’s Question Time – Thursday 17 December 2020 Transcript of Item 3 – Oral update to the Mayor’s Report Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Good morning to you and to all Members of the Assembly. Since the last Mayor’s Question Time, there have been some major developments in our fight against COVID-19. The Government has decided to move London into tier 3. I know this is incredibly disappointing for our businesses, particularly in hospitality, culture, leisure and retail, which have suffered so much already this year. However, it is clear that the virus is accelerating in the wrong direction once again across our city and that the lives of Londoners are at risk. It would be such a tragedy to lose even more people to this terrible disease when a vaccine is now being rolled out. We know from bitter experience that when cases start to rise quickly, it is much better to act early rather than too late. This is how we can avoid even tougher restrictions for longer further down the road. The worst thing for London’s businesses and our economy would be for yet another lockdown in the new year. That is why I am urging Londoners to follow very closely the tier 3 rules that the Government has put in place and to be very careful over the Christmas period so that we can drive down infection rates as much as possible. I do not want our city to be in tier 3 for a day longer than is necessary because I am hugely concerned about the negative impact that the additional restrictions will have on jobs and many businesses that are already struggling to stay afloat. I will continue to put pressure on the Government to provide much more support to the sectors of our economy that are being hit hardest such as hospitality, culture, leisure and retail. Chair, there are now only 14 short days to go until we could potentially face a no-deal Brexit scenario, which would be absolutely devastating for jobs, businesses and livelihoods in our city as well as our security. The fact that it has been allowed to get to this point with this terrible uncertainty hanging over businesses and our police just as we are in the middle of dealing with this pandemic is a huge failure from a Government that seems to be putting party political interests ahead of the national interest. A no-deal outcome should simply not be an option. As Mayor, I will continue to stand up for London by calling on the Government to extend the transition period if a deal cannot be reached within the next few days. This would be the obvious, right and sensible thing to do so that we can ensure all our efforts are focused on tackling this pandemic, not planning for a damaging no-deal Brexit. As we approach the new year, my twin top priorities as Mayor remain to do everything possible to keep Londoners safe and to support our city out of this economic crisis by implementing our detailed recovery and jobs plan to get our city back on its feet. Thank you, Chair. If I do not get a chance later on, I want to wish you, all of the Assembly and all Londoners a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year. I have also been asked for one oral update by Assembly Member Devenish and the oral update is on Hammersmith Bridge. The two Government-commissioned reports made recommendations to [the London Borough of] Hammersmith and Fulham, as the Bridge owners, on the necessary steps to potentially allow the Bridge to be reopened to pedestrians and cyclists. Since the October [2020] funding deal was agreed, Transport for London (TfL) has been progressing initial repair works to the Bridge. For example, this week contractors have been onsite to begin the removal of the pedestal casings and have been blast-cleaning to 1 Page 1 reveal the extent of the damage to the Bridge. These works have been agreed with Hammersmith and Fulham and the Department for Transport (DfT) as essential to inform the next stages of the repairs.
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