Decision

AGENDA ITEM 7: Appointments to Outside Bodies 2026/273

Nominations for the bodies listed in the report have been received as follows:

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Name of Organisation

Number of Representatives

Local Government Association General Assembly

4 (usually the Leader)

(This is a Cabinet Appointment)

• Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

NATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS

Name of Organisation

Number of Representatives

There are currently no national community organisations to which the council appoints representatives

LONDON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Name of Organisation

Number of Representatives

London Councils’ Leaders’ Committee (S.101 Joint Committee)

Councils nominate one voting member (usually the Leader, but not necessarily) and up to two named deputies.  All three members will receive papers for meetings. (This is a Cabinet Appointment)

• Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

London Councils’ Associated Joint Committee (London Councils Transport and Environment Committee)

Councils nominate directly (usually lead member for transport and/or environmental issues).  One voting member and up to four named deputies. (This is a Cabinet Appointment)

• Councillor Salman Shaheen

London Councils’ Associated Joint Committee (London Councils Grants Committee)

Councils nominate directly one voting member, and up to four named deputies, who must all be a member of the nominating borough’s cabinet. They will preferably be the member with responsibility for partnerships with the voluntary sector. (This is a Cabinet Appointment)

• Councillor Ajmer Grewal

London Councils’ Greater London Employment Forum

Each authority (including the City of London) can nominate one member to sit on the GLEF.  It is expected that in most cases this will be the member responsible for human resources issues within the authority. The Employers’ Side of the Greater London Provincial Council will be 15 members chosen from the combined membership of the GLEF and the Leaders’ Committee.  (This is a Cabinet Appointment)

• Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

West London Waste Authority

1 member (usually the Cabinet Member for Environment) (This is a Cabinet Appointment)

• Councillor Salman Shaheen

LONDON COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS

Name of Organisation

Number of Representatives

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Council of Governors (TRUST)

1 (usually Cabinet Member for Health)
1 Labour

• Councillor Lily Bath

Crane Valley Park Steering Group

1
1 Labour

• Councillor Scott Hill

London Road Safety Council (formerly the London Accident Prevention Council) (TRUST)

2
2 Labour

• Councillor Amy Croft
• Councillor Salman Shaheen

Mortlake Crematorium Board

3
2 Labour
1 Lib Dem

• Councillor Amy Croft
• Councillor Roger Crouch
• Councillor Tony Louki

Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (Greater London)

1
1 Labour

• Councillor Max Mosley

South West Middlesex Crematorium Board

3
2 Labour
1 Reform

• Councillor Paul Baker
• Councillor Adesh Farmahan
• Councillor Johan Lindsten

Thames Landscape Strategy Steering Group

2 appointees (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)

• Councillor Katherine Dunne
• Councillor Gabriella Giles

Thames Water Liaison Committee

2 members and 2 officer
2 Labour

• Councillor Sue Sampson
• Councillor Salman Shaheen

Twickenham Stadium Events Committee (formerly the Rugby Football Union Concert & Match Day Committee)

1
1 Labour

• Councillor Karen Smith

HOUNSLOW ORGANISATIONS

Name of Organisation

Number of Representatives

Bedfont Lakes Country Park Trust Fund Panel (TRUST)

5
3 Labour
2 Reform

• Councillor Madeeha Asim
• Councillor Adesh Farmahan
• Councillor Russell Haynes
• Councillor Gerry Lieberman
• Councillor Salman Shaheen

 Blue School Foundation Trust

The Council did not make any appointments at the meeting as they are dealt with under a different process.

Brentford and Chiswick Merged Charities (TRUST)

2 appointees (two year term 2026-2028) (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)

• Councillor Amy Croft

• Councillor Michael Denniss

Brentford Dock Limited

4 year term (2026-2030  (director role)
1 Labour

• Councillor Katherine Dunne

Chiswick House and Gardens (Trustees) (TRUST)

2 appointees (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)

• Councillor Amy Croft
• Councillor Linden Grigg

Chiswick Parochial Charities (TRUST)

To be removed from the list of approved outside bodies as it no longer exists as an independent trust

Chiswick Pier Trust (TRUST)

2 appointees (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)

• Councillor Amy Croft
• Councillor Vickram Grewal

Disability Network Hounslow (TRUST)

1
1 Labour

• Councillor Lily Bath

Hanworth Village Hall Management Committee (TRUST)

1

1 Labour

• Councillor Aysha Tariq

Heston & Isleworth Old People's Welfare Committee (TRUST)

5 appointees (3 Labour, 1 Conservative and 1 Green)

• Councillor Fiza Ahmed
• Councillor Gurbachan Athwal
• Councillor Lily Bath
• Councillor Jasmine Deol
• Councillor Salvador Antonio Jose Pereira

Heston Parochial Charities (TRUST)

4 appointees (3 Labour and 1 Conservative)

• Councillor Fiza Ahmed
• Councillor Gurbachan Athwal
• Councillor Lily Bath
• Councillor Parinoor Kaur

Hounslow Community Association Ltd (TRUST)

3 appointees (2 Labour and 1 Conservative)

• Councillor Charmi Parmar
• Councillor Pamila Rodrigues
• Councillor Daanish Saeed

Hounslow Community Transport Management Committee

1
1 Labour

• Councillor Salman Shaheen

Hounslow Heath Advisory Committee

4 appointees (2 Labour, 1 Conservative and 1 Reform)

• Councillor Samia Chaudhary
• Councillor Sahibaa Hussein
• Councillor Darshan Nagi
• Councillor Adrian Page

Hounslow Music Service

1 (Cabinet Member for Children and Young Futures)

1 Labour

• Councillor Madeeha Asim

Hounslow Virtual College for Looked After Children, Post 16 and Care Leavers Management Board

2

(The Cabinet Member for Children and Young Futures and one other Member representative of the Corporate Parenting Panel) and other members as appropriate (at the Chair’s discretion)
2 Labour

• Councillor Madeeha Asim
• Councillor Alan Mitchell

Thomas Layton Museum Trust

6 appointees (four year term 2026-2030)

(The Trust’s governance documentation require that at least two of the six council nominees must be resident in the Brentford area. Nominees usually include non-councillor members).

3 Labour and 1 Green

• Councillor Marcela Benedetti
• Councillor Craig Owen
• Councillor Rick Rowe
• One Labour Vacancy
• Two Non-Members

Town Twinning Association of Hounslow

4 appointees (2 Labour, 1 Conservative and 1 Reform)

• Councillor Marcela Benedetti
• Councillor Tony Brown
• Councillor Unsa Chaudhary
• Councillor Gurpreet Sidhu

Watermans (TRUST)

1 Labour

• Councillor Craig Owen