Agenda and minutes
Economy Committee - Tuesday 14 July 2015 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Kit Malthouse AM MP.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  John Johnson, [email protected], 020 7983 4926

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  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 Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 18 June 2015 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 18 June 2015 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: John Johnson; [email protected]; 020 7983 4926

The Committee is recommended to note the outstanding actions arising from its previous meetings and correspondence received since the last meeting.

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding actions arising from previous meetings and correspondence received since the last meeting of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542 or Charlotte Maddrell, [email protected] ; 020 7983 5618

The Committee will put questions on the role of the third sector in employment and skills programmes to invited guests and are recommended to note the subsequent discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to invited guests (in two sessions) on the role of the third sector in employment and skills programmes. The first panel comprised:

·  Rob Hancock, Regional Education Officer, SERTUC;

·  Dan Gascoyne, Director, West London Alliance;

·  Adrian Smith, Director of Commissioning, LB Lambeth; and

·  Laura Furness, Local Deals Manager, Big Lottery Fund.

5.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

5.3  During the course of the discussion, Rob Hancock (SERTUC) agreed to provide the Committee with statistics relating to the extent to which mandatory work placements are replacing actual jobs.

5.4  The second panel comprised:

·  Julie Sexton, Senior Programme Manager, GLA; and

·  Alex Conway, European Programmes Director, GLA.

5.5  A transcript of the second session is attached at Appendix 2.

5.6  Resolved:

That the report and discussion, and the commitment outlined in paragraph 5.3 above, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Simon Shaw, [email protected]; 020 7983 6542 or Charlotte Maddrell, [email protected] ; 020 7983 5618

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the amendments to the scope of its site visit in September;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s submission to the London Fairness Commission; and

(c)  Agree the scope for the October meeting on London’s flexible labour market.

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

6.2  Resolved:

(a) That the amendments to the scope of the Committee’s site visit in September be noted;

(b) That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s submission to the London Fairness Commission; and

(c) That the scope for the October meeting on London’s flexible labour market be agreed.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 10 September 2015 at 2pm in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

7.1  The date of the next meeting of the Committee was confirmed as Thursday, 10 September 2015 at 2.00pm in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

8.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 11.46am.