"Assembly To Investigate Mayor's Appointments"

From the Assembly, a press release:

"The London Assembly today unanimously voted to investigate Mayor Boris Johnson's appointment of senior staff and consultants at City Hall.

The move follows the resignation of two key Mayoral advisors in the space of two weeks 1. The investigation, to be carried out by the Business Management and Administration Committee (BMAC), will look at four key questions:

· How did Mayor Boris Johnson pick his senior City Hall policy advisors?
· Were proper recruitment procedures followed?
· Was the Mayor properly advised about the use of his powers of appointment?
· What lessons can be learnt for future changes of administration at City Hall?

The investigation was launched following questioning of Tim Parker, First Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive of the GLA Group, appearing before the Assembly this morning."

And here's the text of the motion:

“That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked and the absence of one of our invitees. We instruct the Business Management and Administration Committee to look closely at the Mayor's appointments of staff under S67 of the GLA Act (and his temporary use of consultants in advisory posts akin to S67 appointments) in order to understand how the appointments were made, whether they fully followed proper process, whether the Mayor was properly advised in the exercise of his powers and whether any lessons are to be learnt.”

Oo-er!

Comments

[pastyface]

who is on this committee?

[Helen]

"How did Mayor Boris Johnson pick his senior City Hall policy advisors?"

Why, they arrived in the Dave Cameron Selection Box - unethically-sourced, without the ingredients listed and with the sell-by date removed to avoid anyone seeing a couple had already gone off.

[Tory Troll]

Pastyface - The BMAC committee is made up of the following members of the assembly:

Darren Johnson (Chair) - Greens
Jennette Arnold (Deputy Chair) - Labour
Tony Arbour - Conservative
Richard Barnes - Conservative
John Biggs - Labour
Brian Coleman - Conservative
Len Duvall - Labour
Roger Evans - Conservative
Mike Tuffrey - Lib Dems

[pastyface]

thanks

nice to seem some relative big hitters in Jeanette, John Biggs and Len Duvall