Councillor Caroline de La Soujeole

Agenda

The meeting began with a recitation of the Quran by the Mayor's Faith Leader, Ali Jafri. The Council then approved an update to the council's capital spending plans, despite some abstentions from Conservative councillors. Two motions were then considered. The first, proposed by the Labour administration, was a general statement in support of children's safety and wellbeing and was passed despite opposition from the Conservative group. The second, proposed by the Conservatives, expressed concern at the loss of winter fuel payments for many pensioners and called on the Council to take steps to provide for those affected. This motion was defeated, with the Conservatives voting in favour and Labour against. The meeting concluded with the reception of reports from several committees.

Agenda

The meeting began with a discussion of the latest crime data for the borough and included a presentation about the Metropolitan Police Service's use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR). This was followed by an update on the various initiatives the council is undertaking in partnership with the police and other stakeholders to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Balham. The meeting finished with a question and answer session with the police and council officers. No decisions were made during the meeting.

Meeting

Agenda and decisions

The committee noted the Quarter 1 budget monitoring [^1] for 2024-25, approved the recommendations in the Bikehanger Update report, agreed to make the experimental traffic management order (TMO) for the Battersea B9 CPZ permanent, noted the Annual Petitions Review [^2], and noted the Highway Maintenance Programme for 2024-25.

Agenda and decisions

The committee noted all of the reports. It supported the recommendations in the report on the Balham Petitions and it supported the recommendations in the report on the ASB Case Review Protocol.