Tower Hamlets Committees

General Purposes Committee

Recent meetings

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17 Mar 2026

General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 17 March 2026 - 4.00 p.m.

The General Purposes Committee meeting on Tuesday 17 March 2026 focused on preparations for the upcoming Mayoral and local elections and updates on the council's constitution and member induction programme. Key decisions included agreeing to forward proposa...

04 Dec 2025

General Purposes Committee - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 6.30 p.m.

The General Purposes Committee met to discuss preparations for the 2026 elections, local authority governor applications, and updates to the council's constitution. The committee approved changes to part A of the constitution and agreed to send the updated ...

17 Jun 2025

General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 17th June, 2025 6.30 p.m.

The General Purposes Committee met on Tuesday 17 June 2025, to elect a vice-chair, approve the minutes from the previous meeting, note the committee's terms of reference, and approve nominations for local authority governors at maintained schools in Tower H...

02 Dec 2024

General Purposes Committee - Monday, 2nd December, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The committee discussed the appointment of school governors, whether it should formally respond to a government consultation on remote council meetings, proposed changes to the council's constitution, and received a report on the conduct of recent elections...

04 Jun 2024

General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 4th June, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The General Purposes Committee met on Tuesday 4 June 2024, electing Councillor Shafi Ahmed as Vice-Chair and approving the minutes from the previous meeting. The committee also reviewed its work plan and terms of reference for the upcoming year, and agreed ...

27 Feb 2024

General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 27th February, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The General Purposes Committee of Tower Hamlets Council met on Tuesday 27 February 2024, agreeing to nominate new local authority governors for maintained schools and approving updates to the Council's Constitution. The committee also noted the ongoing work...

Members

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Kamrul Hussain · Chair
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Amina Ali · Member
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Faysal Ahmed · Member
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Jonathan Purcell · Member
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Kabir Ahmed · Member
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Mohammed Ilyas · Member
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Peter Golds · Member
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Shafi Ahmed · Member
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Abdal Ullah · Substitute
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David Edgar · Substitute
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Gulam Kibria Choudhury · Substitute
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Iqbal Hossain · Substitute
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Mads Churchhouse · Substitute
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Maium Talukdar · Substitute
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Martin Parker · Substitute
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Rabina Khan · Substitute
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Rupert George · Substitute
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Shahaveer Shubo Hussain · Substitute