Agenda and minutes
Health Committee - Monday 12 January 2015 2.00 pm

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

1.1  There were no apologies for absence.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  David Pealing, [email protected], 020 7983 5525

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  During the course of the discussion at Agenda Item 3, Kit Malthouse AM declared that he had been interviewed as part of the evidence gathering for the London Health Commission’s report in respect of his role as Member of the Board of MedCity.  As this was not deemed a pecuniary interest, it was noted for the sake of transparency.

2.3  Resolved:

(a)  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; and

(b)  That the declaration made by Kit Malthouse AM as a witness of the London Health Commission in respect of his role as a Member of the Board of MedCity be noted as a non-pecuniary interest.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Carmen Musonda; [email protected]; 020 7983 4351

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to its discussion with the Mayor on the findings of the London Health Commission, as published on 17 October 2014.

3.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on the London Health Commission and its report Better Health for London to the following invited guests:

·  Boris Johnson, Mayor of London; and

·  Amanda Coyle, Assistant Director – Health and Communities, GLA.

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

3.3  Resolved:

That the report, and subsequent discussion, be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Wednesday 14 January 2015 at 2.00 pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

4.1  The date of the next meeting of the Committee was confirmed as Wednesday 14 January 2015 at 2.00 pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

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

6.1  The meeting ended at 3.11 pm.