Agenda and minutes
Transport Committee - Wednesday 14 January 2015 10.00 am

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Steve O’Connell AM, for whom Tony Arbour AM attended as a substitute Member.

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the 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  Tom Copley AM declared that he had recently attended a lunch hosted by Gatwick Airport Ltd.

Resolved:

(a)  That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Transport Committee held on 10 December 2014 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Transport Committee held on 10 December 2014 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact Dale Langford, [email protected], 020 7983 4415

 
The Committee is recommended to note the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee.

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.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to note the report, put questions to representatives of Crossrail Ltd about the Crossrail project and note the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions on the Crossrail project to the following invited guests from Crossrail Ltd:

·  Terry Morgan CBE, Chairman; and

·  Andrew Wolstenholme OBE, Chief Executive.

5.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lucy Brant, [email protected], 020 7983 5727

The Committee is recommended to note the report, put questions on Crossrail 2 to invited guests and note the discussion.

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

6.2  The Chair drew the Committee’s attention to the award of a CBE to Dr Michèle Dix and to Dave Ward, Route Managing Director, South East at Network Rail, in the 2014 New Year’s Honours list.  The Committee  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lucy Brant, [email protected], 020 7983 5727

The Committee is recommended to note the report, Future proof - Taxi and Private Hire Services in London, as agreed by the Chair under delegated authority, in consultation with party Group Lead Members.

7.1  The Committee received a report from the Executive Director of Secretariat setting out its report, Future proof – Taxi and Private Hire Services in London.

7.2  The Chair passed on to officers, particularly the Assistant Scrutiny Manager, Lucy Brant, the Committee’s thanks for the work that had gone  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note its work programme, as set out in the report;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair to agree, in consultation with party Group Lead Members:

(i)  A letter to the Mayor on cycling in London, following up the Committee’s meeting on 10 December 2014;

(ii)  A response to Network Rail’s consultations on the draft Wessex Route Study and Western Route Study;

(iii)  The final report of the rapporteurship on TfL’s customer services;

(iv)  A letter to the Stagecoach Group regarding overcrowding on South West Trains services; and

(c)  Note:

(i)  The letter from the Mayor in response to the Committee’s letter on the future of the Tube, as set out at Appendix 1;

(ii)  The Committee’s response to the Transport for London consultation on the proposed extension of the Bakerloo line, as set out at Appendix 2;

(iii)  The letter from Sir Peter Hendy CBE updating the Committee on actions in response to its report on bus services, and attached feasibility report on measuring bus loading, as set out at Appendix 3.

8.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat setting out the work programme for 2014/15.

8.2  The Deputy Chair drew the Committee’s attention to the inclusion in Transport for London’s Business Plan of an additional 500 buses, which would go some way towards responding to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Wednesday 25 February 2015 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Wednesday 25 February 2015 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

10.1  There was no other business.

11.1  The meeting ended at 12.16pm.