Councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock

Council - Wednesday 27 November 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting was the third ordinary meeting of the 2024/2025 Municipal Year. It included discussion of a petition, scheduled questions from members of the public and Councillors, a report on the work of the Standards Committee, and consideration of motions on the hostile environment, rough sleeping, drug harm reduction and the two-child benefit cap. It also included the appointment of Councillors to outside bodies and the review of political balance on the Council's committees.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Tuesday 26 November 2024 7.00 pm

The meeting reviewed the Hackney Education department’s proposals for a second round of school closures and mergers in the borough, following on from 4 Hackney primary school closures in August 2024. No decision was made at the meeting, which was to hear evidence and inform any recommendations made by the Commission to the Cabinet.

Special Meeting, Scrutiny Panel - Monday 11 November 2024 7.00 pm

The Scrutiny Panel voted to uphold the original decision made by Mr Tyler Linton, the Assistant Director of Street Scene for Hackney Council. The decision was about the adoption of Traffic Management Orders for the Amherst Road and Pembury Circus Transformation Scheme. The meeting was held to consider the validity of a call-in made against the scheme by five Hackney Councillors.

Constitution Committee - Tuesday 29 October 2024 5.30 pm

The meeting on 29 October 2024 was scheduled to discuss the Committee’s Terms of Reference, receive an update on the implementation of the new Hackney Council constitution and consider its work programme for the remainder of the municipal year.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Monday 14 October 2024 7.00 pm

The Children and Young People's Scrutiny Commission received an update on the Council's action plan following a recent Ofsted inspection of Children’s Social Care in July 2024, where the service was judged to be ‘good’. This was followed by a question and answer session with Mayor Philip Glanville, the Cabinet lead for a number of children and young people's services, on three key policy areas; (1) the commissioning of independent and non-maintained special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, (2) the roll out of the free childcare entitlement in Hackney, and (3) the graduated SEND response in schools. The Commission also considered an update on the implementation of the Housing Support for Care Leavers Review.