Agenda

General Purposes Committee of Aldermen - Tuesday, 3rd February, 2026 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Room - 2nd Floor West Wing, Guildhall. View directions

Contact: Gemma Stokley  Email: gemma.stokley@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

Part 1 - Public

1.

Apologies

 

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2.

Members' Declarations under the Code of Conduct in Respect of Items on the Agenda

 

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3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 155 KB

To approve the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 9 December 2025.

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4.

Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants - Bye-Law Amendment pdf icon PDF 411 KB

Report of the Remembrancer.

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Additional documents:

5.

Worshipful Company of Needlemakers - Supplemental Charter pdf icon PDF 411 KB

Report of the Remembrancer.

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6.

The Guildable Manor of Southwark pdf icon PDF 119 KB

Report of the Remembrancer.

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7.

Support for UK-based Financial and Professional Service - Innovation and Growth Quarterly Report pdf icon PDF 235 KB

Report of the Executive Director for Innovation and Growth.

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Additional documents:

8.

QUESTIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE

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9.

Any Other Business that the Chairman considers Urgent

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10.

Exclusion of the Public

MOTION - That, in accordance with the Court of Aldermen’s Disclosure Arrangement (Standing Order 25), the public shall be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen have determined, having had due regard to the Disclosure Arrangement, that disclosure should not be permitted.

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Part 2 - Non-Public

11.

Non-Public Minutes

To approve the non-public minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 9 December 2025.

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12.

Petition of the Company of Human Resource Professionals for Company with Livery Status

Report of the Remembrancer.

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13.

Future Showcasing of the Lord Mayor's State Coach

Report of the City Surveyor.  

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14.

PRESENTATION - OFFICE FOR INVESTMENT

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15.

PRESENTATION - DIRECTOR OF THE LONDON ARCHIVES

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16.

STRATEGY GROUP UPDATES

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17.

KEY COMMITTEE ISSUES

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18.

MINUTES OF THE MAGISTRACY & LIVERY SUB-COMMITTEE

To receive the minutes of the last meeting of the Magistracy & Livery Sub-Committee held on 5 December 2025.

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19.

Non-Public Questions on Matters Relating to the Work of the Committee

 

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20.

Any Other Business that the Chairman Considers Urgent and which the Committee agrees should be considered whilst the Public are Excluded

 

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