Aliya Sheikh - Councillor for Lewisham ( Lewisham Central)

Councillor Aliya Sheikh

 Labour Party  Lewisham Central

Email: Aliya.Sheikh@lewisham.gov.uk

Council: Lewisham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Healthier Communities Select Committee (Chair) Standards Committee (Committee Member) Lewisham Central Assembly (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Call-In) Corporate Parenting Group Standing Advisory Council of Religious Education (SACRE) (Committee Member) Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee Audit and Risk Committee (Committee Member) Mayor and Cabinet Improving Scrutiny Task and Finish Group Public Accounts Select Committee (Guest) Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) South East London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee Planning Committee B (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Overview and Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 16, 2025
Committee Committee Member

Agreed Syllabus Conference '25 - Thursday, 11th December, 2025 6.30 pm

December 11, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 7.30 pm

The Council of Lewisham was scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, to discuss the statement of accounts for 2024-25, consider several motions, and address questions from both the public and council members.

November 26, 2025
Standing Advisory Council of Religious Education (SACRE) Committee Member

Standing Advisory Council of Religious Education (SACRE) - Tuesday, 25th November, 2025 6.30 pm

The Lewisham Standing Advisory Council of Religious Education (SACRE) convened a meeting to discuss a range of topics, including a review of the curriculum and assessment, religious education (RE) teaching hours, and what makes a good SACRE member. The meeting also included a safeguarding update and an information exchange.

November 25, 2025
Standards Committee Committee Member

Standards Committee - Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 7.00 pm

The Standards Committee of Lewisham Council met on 19 November 2025 to discuss updates to the handling of standards and conduct, and to appoint members to sub-committees. The committee was also scheduled to note the minutes of the previous meeting, and to consider a report on complaints made under the Members' Code of Conduct. Councillors were asked to declare any personal interests they had in the agenda items.

November 19, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Appointment of Independent Persons

From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025

...to appoint Kalwant Grewal and Katy Prestedge as two independent persons to the Standards Committee.

Recommendations Approved

Declarations of interest

From: Healthier Communities Select Committee - Thursday, 4th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 04, 2025

...to ensure transparency and adherence to the Council's Member Code of Conduct, members were reminded to declare any personal interests in agenda items, encompassing disclosable pecuniary interests, other registerable interests, and non-registerable interests.

Recommendations Approved

Adult Social Care Performance

From: Healthier Communities Select Committee - Thursday, 4th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 04, 2025

...that the committee noted the report on Adult Social Care Performance.

Recommendations Approved

Primary Care Access

From: Healthier Communities Select Committee - Thursday, 4th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 04, 2025

...to note the report on the Primary Care Access Programme update in Lewisham, which included recommendations to improve access through empowering patients, implementing modern general practice access, building capacity, and cutting bureaucracy, with a focus on areas like the NHS App, digital inclusion, communications, and collaboration with other healthcare providers.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 66

Average per Month: 3.3

Decisions Recorded: 87