Policy paper

Post-legislative scrutiny of the Greater London Authority Act 2007 and the London Assembly

Government response to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee report.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 4 December 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Government response to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee report: post-legislative scrutiny of the Greater London Authority Act 2007 and the London Assembly

Ref: ISBN 9780101876124, Cm. 8761

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Following the Greater London Authority Act 2007, the Communities and Local Government Select Committee conducted an investigation entitled ‘Post-legislative scrutiny of the Greater London Authority Act 2007’. The report was published on 16 October 2013.

This document sets out the government response to the CLG Select Committee’s recommendations. The recommendations aim to strengthen the powers of the Assembly and correct what the Select Committee see as inconsistencies in the Greater London Authority’s function and ability to hold the Mayor of London to account.

Of the 7 recommendations made by the Select Committee, the government has rejected 4 on the basis that they increase the costs and bureaucracy of the current systems and dilute the powers of the Mayor.

The government would however consider the recommendations that would reform the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, remove Assembly member’s rights to join the Mayor’s cabinet and consider the role of the Assembly if further devolution of powers to the Mayor were reviewed.

Published 4 December 2013