Agenda

To agree the minutes of the meeting of the Court of Common Council held on 6 March 2025.

To appoint the Committees until the first meeting of the Court in April 2025 and to agree the terms of reference and constitution for each Committee.

(A list of the proposed appointments, terms of reference including proposed amendments, and constitutions has been separately circulated).

(Unless otherwise stated, the requirement for certain Committees to have a Member with fewer than five or ten years’ service on the Court, at the time of their appointment, or where primary residence must be in the City, is fulfilled by the existing membership).

(Supporting statements in respect of the contested vacancies outlined below and in relation to Item 7 (A) and (B) are set out immediately following the White Paper, at pages 89-108).

Nominations received for vacancies of varying terms:-

Where appropriate:

* Denotes a Member standing for re-appointment by the Court of Common Council.

^#Denotes a Member who has fewer than five years’ service on the Court at the time of the appointment

^ Denotes a Member who currently serves on the Committee as either a co-opted or external member, or in an an ex-officio capacity or as a representative of another Committee with appointment rights.

† denotes a Member whose primary residence is in the City.

(A)        Policy & Resources Committee (six vacancies)

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

Deputy Emily Benn

*Deputy Keith Bottomley

Deputy Timothy Butcher

Karina Dostalova

Simon Duckworth OBE DL

Sue Farrington

Deputy Marianne Fredericks

*Deputy Caroline Haines

Josephine Hayes

*Deputy Christopher Hayward

Amy Horscroft

Gregory Lawrence

Deputy Nighat Qureshi

*Philip Woodhouse

Mark Wheatley

Irem Yerdelen

(B)       Investment Committee (four vacancies)

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

^#^Shahnan Bakth

^#Deputy Timothy Butcher

*Simon Duckworth OBE DL

Alderman Alison Gowman CBE

Alderman Prem Goyal OBE JP

^#^Deputy Madush Gupta

^#Stephen Hodgson

^Deputy Henry Pollard

The requirement for this Committee to

To appoint vacancies on Ward Committees (where not all places on Ward

Committees are filled by Wards, vacancies can be filled by Members of the Court),

viz.:

(A)      Four Members on the Communities & Children’s Services Committee

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

Samapti Bagchi

Deputy Anne Corbett

Dawn Frampton

Steve Goodman OBE

Adam Hogg

Jason Pritchard      

(B)      Two Members on the Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee

          (Contest)

Nominations received:-

Matthew Bell

John Foley

Sophia Mooney

(C)      Two Members on the Port Health & Environment Services Committee

(No Contest)

Nominations received:-

Deputy John Edwards

Stuart Thompson

The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor to report on his recent engagements.

To receive a statement from the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee.

To consider a report relating to property held for planning purposes.

To consider a circulated list of applications for the Freedom of the City.

To receive a report setting out measures introduced into Parliament which may have an effect on the services provided by the City Corporation.

There were no ballots at the last Court.

That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, 1972, or they otherwise relate to functions of the Court of Common Council which are not subject to the provisions of Part VA and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting of the Court held on 9 January 2025.

(A) City Events programme for 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29

To consider proposals relating to recurring City-hosted events

(B) Report of Urgent Action Taken: Applications for Hospitality

To receive a report setting out action taken under urgency procedures concerning the provision of hospitality.

To receive a report setting out action taken under urgency procedures concerning a headlease variation.

To receive a report setting out action taken under urgency procedures concerning the expansion of the City of London Academies Trust.

To receive a report setting out action taken under urgency procedures concerning the creation of Grade I posts.