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Environment Committee
9 February 2010
10am
Chamber, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA
Members of the Committee
Murad Qureshi (Chair)
Darren Johnson (Deputy Chair)
Gareth Bacon
James Cleverly
Roger Evans
Nicky Gavron
Mike Tuffrey
A meeting of the Committee has been called by the Chair of the Committee to deal with the business listed below. This meeting will be open to the public. There is access for disabled people, and induction loops are available.
Mark Roberts
Executive Director, Secretariat
1 February 2010
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Agenda
Downloadable files for agenda papers are grouped at the end of the page, linked from the appropriate agenda item.
1. Apologies for absence and Chair’s announcements
To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.
2. Declarations of interests
- Note the list of memberships of functional bodies and London Borough Councils, as set out in the table at Item 2;
- Note gifts and hospitality received by Members, as set out on the Authority’s gifts and hospitality register; and
- Declare any other personal or personal prejudicial interests in specific items listed on the agenda over and above those items listed in the table at Item 2 and including any interests arising from gifts or hospitality received since 12 September 2007 or, if elected after 12 September 2007, from the date of election to the London Assembly which are not at the time of this meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality.
3. Minutes
The Committee is recommended to:
- Confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Environment Committee held
on 3 December 2009 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record of that
meeting.
- Note the record of the London
Climate Change Hearing on 26 November 2009.
4. Summary List of Actions and Action Taken Under Delegated
Authority
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat
The Committee is recommended to:
- Note the outstanding action arising from the meeting of the Committee
on 3 December 2009; and
- Note the action taken under delegated authority
to agree the summary report of the London Climate Change Hearing held on
26 November 2009.
5. The Mayor’s Draft Municipal Waste Management
Strategy
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat
The following people have been invited to attend the meeting:
- Isabel
Dedring, Mayor’s Advisor on the Environment
- Andrew Richmond, Policy and Programmes Manager (Waste), GLA
- Linda
Crichton, ROTATE Manager, WRAP
- Peter Jones, London Waste and Recycling
Board
- Stephen Didsbury, Head of Waste and Street Services, London
Borough of Bexley
The Committee is recommended to discuss waste management in London with invited
guests in order to prepare for its response to the Mayor’s draft Municipal
Waste Management Strategy.
6. Heathrow Airport Expansion: the Environmental Conditions
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat
The Committee is recommended to agree its draft report on the environmental
conditions placed on further expansion at Heathrow airport – Flights
of fancy: can an expanded Heathrow meet its environmental targets?
7. Proposal for a Briefing on the Mayor’s Proposals
for an Airport in the Thames Estuary
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat
The Committee is recommended to:
- Receive a briefing on the Mayor’s proposals for an airport in the
Thames estuary at its meeting on 11 March; and
- Agree the terms of reference
outlined at paragraph 6.1 of the report.
8. Environment Committee Work Programme 2009/10
Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat
The Committee is recommended to:
- Consider the Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy at its meeting
on 11 March; and
- Consider the proposed expansion at City Airport at its
meeting on 10 June 2010 and London 2012 – Sustainable Games at its
meeting on 15 July 2010.
9. Date of Next Meeting
The next scheduled meeting of the Committee is to be held on Thursday 11 March
2010 at 10.00 am.
10. Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent
Further Information
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or Julie Wheldon, 020 7983 4428, julie.wheldon@london.gov.uk.
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