Decision Maker: Borough Council

Outcome: For Determination

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: May 27, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Members considered a report by Councillor Shantanu Rajawat.   Again the Mayor confirmed cross party support for this item and suggested that the matter should go straight to the vote where it was unanimously   RESOLVED –   That the Council agreed the appointments to outside bodies for the municipal year 2025/26 as listed in the submitted report.     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 Katherine Dunne 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 Economic Prosperity Joint Committee   1 Labour   Councillor Shantanu Rajawat West London Waste Authority 1 member (usually the Cabinet Member for Environment matters who is Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Climate, Environment and Transport Strategy) (This is a Cabinet Appointment) Councillor Katherine Dunne     LONDON COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS   Name of Organisation   Number of Representatives Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Council of Governors (TRUST) 1 Labour (usually the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health Integration)   Councillor Lily Bath   Crane Valley Park Steering Group 1 Labour   Councillor Adesh Farmahan   London Road Safety Council (formerly the London Accident Prevention Council) (TRUST) 2 Labour   Councillor Katherine Dunne Councillor Tony Louki   Mortlake Crematorium Board 3 (2 Labour and 1 Conservative)   Councillor Bandna Chopra Councillor Tony Louki Councillor Gerald McGregor   Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (Greater London) 1 Labour   Councillor John Stroud-Turp   South West Middlesex Crematorium Board 3 Labour   Councillor Richard Foote Councilor Bishnu Gurung Councillor Kuldeep Tak   Thames Landscape Strategy Steering Group 2 (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)   Councillor Katherine Dunne Councillor Gabriella Giles   Thames Water Liaison Committee 2 members and 2 officer   Councillor Salman Shaheen Councillor John Stroud-Turp   Twickenham Stadium Events Committee (formerly the Rugby Football Union Concert & Match Day Committee) 1 Labour   Councillor Sue Sampson       HOUNSLOW ORGANISATIONS   Name of Organisation   Number of Representatives Bedfont Lakes Country Park Trust Fund Panel (TRUST) 5 Labour   Councillor Lily Bath Councillor Adesh Farmahan Councillor Bishnu Gurung Councillor Farah Kamran Councillor Raghwinder Siddhu    Blue School Foundation Trust 3 (need not be Members)   Councillor Sue Sampson Councillor Salman Shaheen Councillor John Stroud-Turp   Brentford and Chiswick Merged Charities (TRUST) 2 (four year term) (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)   Councillor Amy Croft Councillor Peter Thompson   Brentford Dock Limited (four year term 2022-26) Councillor Katherine Dunne (director) Chiswick House and Gardens (Trustees) (TRUST) 2 (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)   Councillor Amy Croft Councillor John Todd   Chiswick Parochial Charities (TRUST) 3 (four year term)   Councillor Gabriella Giles Councillor Gerald McGregor Councillor Peter Thompson   Chiswick Pier Trust (TRUST) (four year term 2022-2026) 2 (1 Labour and 1 Conservative)   Councillor Amy Croft Councillor Gabriella Giles   Disability Network Hounslow (TRUST) 1 Labour   Councillor John Stroud-Turp   Hanworth Village Hall Management Committee (TRUST) 1 Labour   Councillor Richard Foote   Heston & Isleworth Old People's Welfare Committee (TRUST) 5 Labour   Councillor Aqsa Ahmed Councillor Unsa Chaudri Councillor Gurmail Lal Councillor Tony Louki Councillor Salman Shaheen   Heston Parochial Charities (TRUST) 4 Labour   Councillor Rasheed Bhatti Councillor Gurmail Lal Councillor Junue Meah Councillor Mohammed Umair   Hounslow Community Association Ltd (TRUST) 3 Labour   Councillor Rasheed Bhatti Councillor Junue Meah Councillor Mohammed Umair   Hounslow Community Transport Management Committee 1 Labour   Councillor Katherine Dunne Hounslow Heath Advisory Committee 4 Labour   Councillor Samia Chaudhary Councillor Farah Kamran Councillor Samina Nagra Councillor Farhaan Rehman   Hounslow Music Service 1 Labour   Councillor Alan Mitchell   Hounslow Virtual College for Looked After Children, Post 16 and Care Leavers Management Board 2 Labour (The Cabinet Member for Children, Learning and Employment and one other Member representative of the Corporate Parenting Panel) and other members as appropriate (at the Chair’s discretion)   Note: The membership of this body is being reviewed and may change.   Councillor Samia Chaudhary Councillor Emma Yates   Thomas Layton Museum Trust 6 (four year term) To comprise 3 Labour nominees   Councillor Junue Meah Councillor Max Mosley Councillor Salman Shaheen   1 Conservative nominee   Councillor Gerald McGregor   Two Others: Mr Jon Cotton Mr James Marshall (Note: The Trust’s governance documentation require that at least two of the six council nominees must be resident in the Brentford area). Town Twinning Association of Hounslow 4 Labour   Councillor Unsa Chaudri Councillor Adesh Farmahan Councillor Afzaal Kiani Councillor Tony Louki   Watermans (TRUST) 1 Labour   Councillor Dan Bowring