November Full Authority and Extraordinary Meeting 

58/07
16 November 2007

A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be held in meeting room 1 (ground floor), 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 on Thursday 22 November 2007 at 10.00 a.m.

The start of this meeting may be delayed due to an extraordinary meeting of the Authority to be held at 9.00am. This will discuss the implications of the guilty verdict in the Health & Safety trial of the Crown vs the Office of the Commissioner.

Len Duvall, MPA Chair, said:

“This is the first practicable opportunity for the Authority to discuss issues relevant to the Health and Safety trial verdict when all members can be present for such an important item of business.

“I have been mindful that members needed adequate time to read and reflect on the contents of the Stockwell 1 report, published on Thursday 8 November 2007, which will obviously be very relevant to the subject matter of the meeting.”

At the Full Authority meeting members will receive a preliminary report requested by the Chair of the MPA from the Commissioner to outline new safeguards put in place for the use of corporate credit cards.

Len Duvall continued:

“I have asked for a report from the Commissioner to clarify policies regarding Met corporate credit cards in response to long running concerns raised by the MPA Corporate Governance committee and current issues raised in the media.

“The Authority needs to be assured that rigorous management supervision is in place to enforce existing regulations and to address the following issues; that any evidence of misconduct will be robustly pursued, all outstanding returns are fully detailed, all cards issued that are not specifically required for organisational purposes will be removed, reconciliations are completed speedily and mechanisms are put in place to ensure that future arrangements rule out abuse.

“The MPA Corporate Governance committee will be scrutinising ongoing work and a full report detailing the progress of our concerns will be prepared for the Authority in the New Year.”

Other items on the agenda include:

• MPS Taser trial – update report
• 2008-11 budget submission (Corporate Business Plan)
• Operation Ribble report – ‘Cash for Honours’ inquiry
• C3i/airwave update report

Commissioner Sir Ian Blair will give an update on operational policing issues in London and present a written performance report. Please note: the Commissioner's update will take place as near to 12:00 as possible, discussion permitting.

Notes to editors

1. Details of Metropolitan Police Authority processes, including extraordinary meetings, vote of no confidence and suspending standing orders can be found at:
www.mpa.gov.uk/news/press/2007/07-054.htm

2. The committee papers for the Full Authority meeting can be found at:
www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/mpa/2007/071122/default.htm

3. The agenda for the extraordinary meeting can be found at:
www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/mpa/2007/071122-egm/default.htm

3. Confidential anti-terrorist hotline: 0800 789 321

4. Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111

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