Agenda and minutes
Budget and Performance Committee - Wednesday 15 October 2014 2.00 pm

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Valerie Shawcross CBE AM, for whom Tom Copley AM attended as a substitute Member.

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

2.2  As it had not at the time been included in the Authority’s Register of Gifts and Hospitality, Tom Copley AM declared that he had attended by invitation the British Film Institute’s Centrepiece Gala on 14 October 2014.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Budget and Performance Committee held on 11 September 2014 to be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Budget and Performance Committee held on 11 September 2014 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

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.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on London Overground to the following invited guests:

·  Jon Fox, Director of Rail, Transport for London;

·  Peter Austin, Managing Director, London Overground Rail Operations Ltd;

·  Janet Cooke, Chief Executive, London TravelWatch; and

·  Jonathan  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Steve Wright; [email protected]; 020 7983 4390

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note its work programme for 2014/15; and

(b)  Agree the terms of reference and scope for the scrutiny of the Mayor’s budget for 2015/16, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

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

6.2  The Chairman informed the Committee that Transport for London had been slow in providing information for the Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee meeting taking place on 21 October, with the information submission arriving 12 days after the requested date.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday 20 November 2014 at 10.00am in Committee Room 5.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Thursday 20 November 2014 at 10.00am in Committee Room 5.

8.1  There were no other items of business.

9.1  The meeting ended at 4.30pm.