Tim Parker: Questions From The Assembly Today

Two of Mayor Johnson's remaining deputies, Tim Parker and Kit Malthouse, will answer questions from Assembly members today regarding their roles and priorities. Proceedings will be webcast live. Unsurprisingly, non-Conservative AMs are more exercised than ever by the position of Tim Parker following my discovery yesterday that no register of interest is to appear under his name on the GLA website. Parker is, of course, a very wealthy man and an "international investor" (his term).

It emerged during the confirmation hearing relating to his appointment by Johnson to the chair of TfL that his assets are not held in a blind trust. His duties and position as First Deputy seem likely to result in his having detailed knowledge of GLA procurements and contracts. Is there a danger of a conflict of interest? If he isn't asked questions along that line this morning, I'll be very surprised.