Agenda and minutes
Environment Committee - Tuesday 3 March 2015 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from James Cleverly AM, for whom Tony Arbour AM substituted, and Len Duvall AM.

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  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 4 February 2015 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2015 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

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 completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Alexandra Beer, [email protected]; 020 7983 4947

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests on the Mayor’s Biodiversity Strategy update, and note the subsequent discussion. 

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on the Mayor’s Biodiversity Strategy Update to the following invited guests:

·  John Archer, Vice Chair, London Boroughs Biodiversity Forum;

·  Mathew Frith, Director of Policy and Planning, London Wildlife Trust;

·  Pete Massini, Principal Policy and Programme Officer, Environment Unit, Greater London Authority;

·  Claire Wansbury, Associate Director of Ecology, Atkins; and

·  Kathy Wormald, Chief Executive Officer, Froglife.

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

5.3  Resolved:

That the report and discussion be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Alexandra Beer, [email protected]; 020 7983 4947

The Committee is recommended to agree its report Bag it or bin it? Managing London’s domestic food waste, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the Committee’s report Bag it or bin it? Managing London’s domestic food waste be agreed.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Ian Williamson, [email protected]; 020 7983 6541

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note its work programme;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the report on severe weather risks and adaptations;

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the report on diesel emissions;

(d)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any necessary response to a written briefing from GLA officers on plans to consult on changes to the Local Air Quality Management framework; and

(e)  Note any verbal update from the Chair on initial proposals for the 2015/16 work programme, and delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the topic for the June 2015 meeting of the Committee, subject to confirmation at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting scheduled for 13 May 2015.

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme be noted; and

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

(i)  The Committee’s report on severe weather risks and adaptations;

(ii)  The Committee’s report on diesel emissions;

(iii)  Any necessary response to a written briefing from GLA officers on plans to consult on changes to the Local Air Quality Management Framework; and

(iv)  The topic for the June 2015 meeting of the Committee (noting the date of the meeting is subject to approval of the Assembly’s timetable at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting scheduled for 13 May 2015).

Subject to confirmation at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting on the 13 May 2015, the next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 4 June 2015 at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

8.1  Noting that it is subject to a decision of the London Assembly at its Annual Meeting on 13 May 2015, the date of the next meeting of the Committee was scheduled as Thursday, 4 June 2015 at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

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

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.39 pm.