Agenda and minutes
Housing Committee - Tuesday 25 March 2014 10.00 am

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Andrew Boff AM, for whom James Cleverly AM attended as a substitute, Steve O’Connell AM and Fiona Twycross AM, for whom Joanne McCartney AM attended as a substitute.

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)    Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, 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 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 Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2014 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2014 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Laura Pelling, [email protected]; 020 7983 5526

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the outstanding actions arising from a previous meeting of the Housing Committee; and

(b)  Note the letter from the Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land and Property on overcrowding statistics.

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

4.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the outstanding actions arising from a previous meeting of the Housing Committee be noted; and

(b)  That the letter from the Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land and Property on overcrowding statistics be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lorraine Ford; [email protected]; 020 7983 4394

The Committee is recommended to note its response to the Mayor’s Draft Housing Strategy.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the Committee’s response to the Mayor’s Draft Housing Strategy be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Dan Maton; [email protected]; 020 7983 4681

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report, put questions to invited guests and note the discussion; and

(b)  Delegate Authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the output from this meeting.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to the following guests:

·  Paul Rayment, Senior Surveyor, Affleck Property Services, Member of the Federation of Master Builders;

·  Sarah Monk, Deputy Director, Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, University of Cambridge;

·  Tim Craine, Director, Molior;

·  Stephen Hill, Board Member, National Community Land Trusts, and UK Co-Housing Network;

·  David Lunts, Executive Director – Housing and Land, Greater London Authority.

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

6.3  Resolved:

(a)  That the report and discussion be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the outcome from the meeting.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lorraine Ford; [email protected]; 020 7983 4394

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the record of its work in 2013/14;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s contribution to the Assembly’s submission to the consultation on the Further Alterations to the London Plan; and

(c)  That the Committee agrees the initial priorities for its work programme in 2014/15.

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the Committee’s record of work in 2013/14 be noted;

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s contribution to the Assembly’s submission to the consultation on the further Alternations to the London Plan; and

(c)  That the Committee agrees the initial priorities for its work programme in 2014/15.

The next meeting of the Housing Committee, subject to the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting in May, is scheduled for 17 June at 10am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

8.1  The next meeting of the Housing Committee was scheduled for 17 June at 10am in Committee Room 5, City Hall, subject to confirmation by the London Assembly at its annual meeting in May.

9.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.02pm.