Agenda and minutes
Draft Budget, London Assembly (Plenary) - Wednesday 29 January 2020 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Gareth Bacon MP AM.

1.2  The Chair, then provided an update on some recent Assembly activity, including: the People’s Question Time held in Haringey, the City Hall service marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 25th anniversary of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Davena Toyinbo; [email protected]; 020 8039 1285

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

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Item 3, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

(Circulated separately)

The draft Consolidated Budget 2020-2021 has been circulated for the Assembly’s consideration.

The Mayor will present his report to the Assembly at the meeting.

3.1  The Assembly received an oral statement from the Mayor on his draft 2020-21 Consolidated Budget document.

3.2  A copy of the Mayor’s statement is attached at Appendix 1.

The document sets out the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee’s

response to the Mayor’s budget proposals for 2020-2021, based on evidence taken from the functional bodies and the Greater London Authority (GLA) during the budget development and consultation processes. It highlights the key issues raised during the Committee’s deliberations and offers comments to the Mayor on his consultation budget. The Budget and Performance Committee’s comments relate to the Mayor’s proposals that

were published for consultation on 18 December 2019 and not on the draft Consolidated

Budget published with this agenda.

3.3  The Chairman of the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee, Susan Hall AM, presented the Committee’s response to the Mayor of London’s GLA Group Budget Proposals and Precepts 2020-21 Consultation Document.

3.4  A copy of the statement by the Chairman of the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee is  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3b

Assembly Members will put questions to the Mayor on the seven sections of the draft

Consolidated Budget document.

3.5  The Chair explained that, in accordance with section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, she had agreed to admit to the agenda a supplementary paper in relation to the Mayor’s budget proposals as an urgent item of business.  This was on the grounds that it related to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3c

The Assembly is under a duty to consider the Mayor’s draft Consolidated budget and to

approve it, with or without amendment (paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 6 of the GLA Act 1999 (as amended)).

The following substantive motion is before the Assembly:

“To approve the draft Consolidated Budget for 2020-21, together with the draft component budgets comprised within it, with or without amendment.”

[Note: In accordance with GLA Standing Order 6.12B, the motion set out shall be considered without being proposed or seconded by a Member. The motion may be amended by a Budget Amendment, in accordance with the procedures described in Standing Orders 6.10, 6.12, and 6.16. The Assembly will consider amendments to the Draft Consolidated Budget, and any budget – related motions (if any).

If a Budget Amendment is carried by the requisite majority (at this stage, a simple majority of votes cast) then the substantive motion shall fall and the draft Consolidated Budget shall be deemed agreed as amended. The Mayor is under a duty to respond to any amendments passed when he presents his Final Budget.

This is the first of a two stage budget-setting process and the Assembly is due to make a final decision on  ...  view the full agenda text for item 4.

4.1  At 12.22pm, the Chair adjourned the meeting until 1.30pm. The meeting reconvened at 1.33pm.

4.2  The substantive motion before the Assembly was: ”To approve the draft Consolidated Budget of 2020-21, together with the draft component budgets comprised within it, with or without amendment.”

4.3  A formal budget amendment was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly will be the Plenary meeting which will take place at 10.00am on Thursday 6 February 2020 in the Chamber, City Hall.

5.1  The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly was the Plenary meeting which would take place at 10.00 am on Thursday 6 February 2020 in the Chamber, City Hall.

6.1  There were no items of urgent business.

7.1  The meeting ended at 3.19 pm.