Liam Shrivastava - Councillor for Lewisham ( New Cross Gate)

Councillor Liam Shrivastava

 Lewisham Green Party Group  New Cross Gate  Leader of the Lewisham Green Group

Email: Liam.Shrivastava@lewisham.gov.uk

Council: Lewisham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Appointments Committee (Committee Member) Pensions Investment Committee (Committee Member) Standards Committee (Committee Member) New Cross Gate Local Assembly Meeting Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Call-In) Housing Select Committee (Committee Member) Strategic Planning Committee Public Accounts Select Committee (Guest)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

44 meetings · Page 1 of 9

Appointments Committee Committee Member

Appointments Committee - Friday, 19th December, 2025 9.30 am

December 19, 2025
Pensions Investment Committee Committee Member

Pensions Investment Committee - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 18, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

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

December 16, 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
Appointments Committee Committee Member

Appointments Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 9.30 am

The Lewisham Council Appointments Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 26 November 2025 to elect a chair and appoint a Director of Housing Strategy. The committee will also review the minutes from previous meetings and consider any declarations of interest. Finally, the committee will consider a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting.

November 26, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

83 decisions · Page 3 of 17

Members' Allowances

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

...to increase the basic allowance for members by 3.2% to £13,201 and all existing Special Responsibility Allowances (SRAs) by 3.2%, both effective from 1st April 2025, and to instruct the Monitoring Officer to review the Council's current allowances and implement the decision.

Recommendations Approved

Motions

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

...to support Labour's 30 Hours of Free Childcare and to bring Thames Water back into public ownership.

Recommendations Approved

Dispensation under Section 85 Local Government Act 1972

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

...to grant Councillor Coral Howard a dispensation from the meeting attendance requirements of Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 until May 7th, 2026, due to illness.

Recommendations Approved

Use of Substitutes

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

...to include the temporary arrangements for the use of substitutes in committees, previously approved on January 22nd, 2025, into the Committee Procedure Rules under Part 4 of the Constitution.

Recommendations Approved

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

Summary

Meetings Attended: 44

Average per Month: 2.2

Decisions Recorded: 83