Agenda and minutes
London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) - Monday 24 February 2020 10.00 am

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Andrew Dismore AM and Navin Shah AM.

1.2  The Chair welcomed to the public gallery Politics students from King's College London and
1st Year Journalism students from London Southbank University.

1.3  The Chair then provided an update on some recent Assembly activity, including:  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Fiona Bywaters; [email protected]; 020 7983 4425 

The Assembly is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

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.

The Assembly is recommended to confirm the minutes of the London Assembly (Plenary) meeting held on 29 January 2020 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes from the London Assembly (Plenary) meeting held on
29 January 2020 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

(Circulated separately).

The Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21 has been circulated for the Assembly’s consideration.

The Mayor will present the Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21.

4.1  The Assembly received the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21 for the GLA Group.

4.2  The Assembly received an oral statement from the Mayor on the Budget. A transcript of the Mayor’s oral statement is attached at Appendix 1.

4.3  Following the Mayor’s oral statement, both the Mayor  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4a

Assembly Members will put questions to the Mayor on the Final Draft Consolidated Budget document.

4.5  Assembly Members put questions to the Mayor on his Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21.

4.6  The record of questions put by Members, together with the Mayor’s answers, is attached at Appendix 2.

4.7  Following the Mayor’s departure, the Assembly debated the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21.

4.8  The substantive motion before the Assembly was: “To approve the Final Draft Consolidated Budget for 2020/21 with or without amendment”.

4.9  A formal Budget Amendment, presented on behalf of the GLA Conservatives Group, was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4c

The Assembly is recommended to note the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 3 January to 10 February 2020.

5.1  Resolved:

That the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 3 January to 10 February 2020 be noted.

(Circulated separately)

The Assembly is recommended to note that written answers to questions submitted to this meeting under the Mayor’s Question Time procedure will be provided on 27 February 2020.

[Note: the Assembly agreed at its meeting on 19 December 2019 to accept written answers to all questions submitted to this meeting under the Mayor’s Question Time procedure, in order to devote time to the discussion of the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget under Item 4.]

6.1  Resolved:

That it be noted that all questions submitted to this meeting under the Mayor’s Question Time procedure would receive a written response on 27 February 2020.

6.2  The written answers are attached at Appendix 5.

The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly will be the Plenary meeting which will take place at 10.00am on Thursday 5 March 2020 in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the London Assembly would be the Plenary meeting which was scheduled to take place at 10.00am on 5 March 2020 in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There were no items of urgent business.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.11pm.