Councillor Anya Sizer

Labour Hoxton East & Shoreditch Deputy Cabinet Member for Families, Early Years and SEND

Council: Hackney

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Committees: Licensing Sub Committee E (Committee Member, Substitute) Scrutiny Panel (Guest) Council (Committee Member) Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission Licensing Committee (Committee Member) Licensing Sub Committee B Cabinet (Mayoral Advisor) Licensing Sub Committee C Licensing Sub Committee D (Committee Member, Substitute) Special Urgency Notices (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Council

Extraordinary, Council - Tuesday 17 December 2024 6.00 pm, NEW

This meeting of the full council was an extraordinary meeting called to discuss two appointments.

December 17, 2024
Licensing Sub Committee E

Licensing Sub Committee E - Thursday 12 December 2024 2.00 pm

This meeting was scheduled to discuss applications for new and modified premises licences, including applications from Escudo de Cuba, The Hungry Yak and Turkish Doner Kebab. There was also an application for a temporary event notice from an individual.

December 12, 2024
Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Wednesday 11 December 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting of Hackney Council's Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission was scheduled to include updates on a range of financial and safeguarding matters affecting children's services in Hackney. It also included a review of the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership's annual report and a scheduled update on unregistered educational settings in Hackney.

December 11, 2024
Council

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.

November 27, 2024
Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

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.

November 26, 2024

Decisions from Meetings

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Labour Group Motion - Right to Grow

From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026

...adopted the principle of a right to grow on suitable council-owned land and committed to working with local groups and partners to identify and make this land available for community cultivation.

Recommendations Approved

2026/27 Budget and Council Tax EXEMPT Appendix

From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026

...to note the 2026/27 Budget and Council Tax exempt appendix without discussion.

Recommendations Approved

2026/27 Budget and Council Tax Report

From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026

...the Council approved its 2026/27 budget and Council Tax rate, which includes bringing forward the projected 2025/26 General Fund balance, approving directorate estimates, noting the budget's alignment with the Strategic Plan, approving proposed fees and charges, requiring the delivery of savings plans, noting the HRA budget, delegating authority for virements, approving the capital programme and the flexible use of capital receipts strategy, agreeing prudential indicators for capital expenditure and debt, noting the Council Tax base, calculating the Council Tax requirement, setting the Council Tax for each valuation band, noting the GLA precept, setting the combined Hackney/GLA Council Tax, confirming the Hackney element of the Band D Council Tax is not excessive, approving the Treasury Management Strategy and criteria for lending, and approving the Minimum Revenue Provision statement.

Recommendations Approved

Exclusion of Press and Public

From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026

...that recommendations were approved without the need for an exempt session to exclude the press and public.

Recommendations Approved

Declarations of Interest

From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 63

Average per Month: 2.5

Decisions Recorded: 226