Public meetings and report launches coming up next week at the London Assembly:
INVESTIGATION LAUNCH:
Wednesday 8 January 2014 – media invited to Brigade Restaurant
The Economy Committee will launch its investigation into apprenticeships in London at the Brigade Restaurant. London Assembly’s Economy Committee Chair, Stephen Knight will work alongside catering apprentices and hear their experience as apprentices from the United Kitchen program, run by the not-for-profit organisation Beyond Food, partnered with Brigade Restaurant and Babcock training providers.
WHEN: Wednesday 8 January - 9.30am for a 10.00am start
WHERE: Brigade Restaurant, 139 Tooley Street, London SE1 2HZ. Nearest Tube: London Bridge
MEDIA CONTACT: Alice Andrewartha on 020 7983 4603
PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Budget and Performance Committee - 10.00am in Committee Room 5
The Committee will examine how the Mayor’s draft budget plans for 2014/15 will affect police and fire services in London. The Committee will further explore issues raised in its Pre-Budget Report which questioned how targets for improved services will be achieved while budgets are being cut.
The following guests will be questioned:
Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Lynda McMullan, Director of Police Resources and Performance, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
Annabel Cowell, Head of Strategic Finance and Resource, MOPAC
Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey, MPS
Ian Percival, Director of Group Finance, MPS
James Cleverly AM, Chairman, LFEPA
Ron Dobson, Commissioner, LFEPA
Sue Budden, Director of Financial and Contractual Services, LFEPA
MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Demery on 020 7983 5769
Thursday 9 January 2014
Transport Committee – 10.00am in the Chamber
The Committee will question what has been done to combat the rise in incidents on London roads involving pedestrians and what more can be done to improve pedestrian safety across the capital.
The following guests will be questioned:
Tom Platt, London Manager, Living Streets
Kate Carpenter, Technical Director, Jacobs Engineering and Chair of Road Safety Panel, Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation
Richard Holmes, London Region Campaigns Officer, Royal National Institute of Blind People
Amy Aeron-Thomas, Executive Director, RoadPeace
Representatives from Transport for London (TfL)
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 020 7983 4228
Thursday 9 January 2014
Budget and Performance Committee – 2.00pm in Committee Room 5
In the second stage of examining the Mayor’s draft budget for 2014/15, the Committee will question plans to fund London’s transport services and meet Olympic Park legacy commitments, as well as looking at the City Hall budget and capital spending plan.
The following guests will be questioned:
Sir Edward Lister, Mayor’s Chief of Staff
Jeff Jacobs, Head of Paid Service, GLA
Isabel Dedring, Deputy Mayor for Transport
Steve Allen, Managing Director, Planning, TfL
Dennis Hone, Chief Executive, LLDC
MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Demery on 020 7983 5769
Notes:
London Assembly meetings are held at City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA and are open to the media and members of the public.
Detailed agenda papers for all the meetings are available on our website.
All our public meetings are webcast live and are available online for up to six months.
As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.