Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 7 February 2003 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Toby Harris (Chair)
• Richard Barnes (Deputy Chair)
• Cindy Butts
• Nicholas Long
• R. David Muir (Deputy Chair)
• Richard Sumray
• Graham Tope
• Rachel Whittaker
• Cecile Wright

Peter Herbert and Sir John Quinton were also present

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Peter Martin (Treasurer)
• Simon Vile (Head of Secretariat)
• Derrick Norton (Head of Review)

MPS officers

• Tim Godwin (Assistant Commissioner)
• Bernard Hogan Howe (Assistant Commissioner)
• Steve House (Deputy Assistant Commissioner)

Part 1

82. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Reshard Auladin, Elizabeth Howlett, Abdal Ullah and the Deputy Commissioner.

83. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

84. Minutes

(Agenda item 3)

The Committee considered the minutes of its meeting held on 24 January 2003.

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 24 January 2003 be agreed and signed as a correct record, subject to the inclusion in item 76 of Richard Sumray as the lead member on drug issues.

85. MPA scrutinies in 2003

(Agenda item 4)

The committee considered a report by the Clerk setting out options for the next formal MPA scrutiny.

It was recognised that because of the demands the scrutiny process makes of both members and officers, there was only scope to conduct one scrutiny at a time. After discussion of possible subject areas, it was

Resolved –

1. That gun crime should be the next topic for scrutiny;
2. That Cindy Butts should act as lead member in working with the officers to develop the remit of the scrutiny; and
3. That the membership of the scrutiny panel be considered once this remit has been developed.

86. Race Hate Crime Forum

(Agenda item 5)

The committee considered a report by the Clerk outlining progress in establishing a London Race Hate Crimes Forum.

Resolved –

1. That the development and progress of the MPA Race Hate Crimes Working Group be noted; and
2. That approval be given to a contribution of £5,000 to the work of the Forum, as part contribution towards a fully funded post being established by the Forum, subject to the other partners in the Forum coming forward with their contributions.

87. MPA calendar of meetings 2003/04

(Agenda item 6)

The committee considered a report by the Clerk seeking initial views on the 2003/04 calendar of meetings.

Nicholas Long asked whether the timings for the production of budget monitoring information had been factored into the dates of the Finance Committee. Cindy Butts suggested that, as an equalities issue, some MPA meetings should be held in the evening. This suggestion would be included for members’ consideration when the proposed calendar was put to the next full Authority meeting.

Resolved –

1. That the calendar of meetings for 2003/04 given at Appendix 1 to the report be presented to the full Authority meeting for approval, subject to the comments above; and
2. That, subject to confirmation of the date for Greater London Assembly elections, the Authority review the proposed meeting dates for April, May and June 2004 as appropriate.

88. Exclusion of press and public

RESOLVED – That the press and public be asked to leave the meeting during discussion of the remaining item of business because exempt information as defined in paragraph 11 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 is likely to be made known.

89. Police reform – special priority payments

The committee considered a tabled report which had been referred from the Human Resources Committee the previous day because some details had required further clarification and because the meeting had become inquorate.

The report set out developments in respect of Special Priority Payments (SPPs) and sought the committee’s views.

After discussion it was

Resolved – That

1. consultation on SPPs be based on whether the categories of staff proposed are broadly right; and whether the principle of selecting some boroughs for enhanced payments is acceptable;
2. as matters of principle, the committee consider that probationers should not be included in the scheme and that the funding allocated for the scheme should not be exceeded; and
3. following consultation, the Authority will consider the issues further, either at the meeting of the committee on 17 February, or at the full Authority meeting on 27 February.

The meeting ended at 12.30 p.m.

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