Andrew Dismore

Legal services and Brexit

Question No: 2018/2196

Andrew Dismore

Reports suggest that companies are changing contracts to ensure disputes are heard in the EU rather than the UK courts; what are the implications for this for London’s economy?

Written response from the Mayor

Legal services generated £31.5bn for the UK economy in 2016.

Businesses surveyed by Thomson Reuters have said that a no-deal Brexit would result in legal disputes heard in the UK being taken elsewhere.

This is another reason why the Government should rule out no deal, and negotiate on the basis of continued access to the single market and customs union; which is in the best interests of the UK and London economy.

 

London Living Wage and Brexit

Question No: 2018/2201

Andrew Dismore

Will a no-deal scenario impact the ability of employers to pay the London Living Wage?

Written response from the Mayor

It might. Our independent economic impact assessments released earlier this year showed that the harder the Brexit, the worse the economic impact for the UK and London.

The Government should therefore rule out no deal, and negotiate on the basis of continued access to the single market and customs union; which is in the best interests of the UK and London economy.

 

Appropriate Adults [1]

Question No: 2018/2233

Andrew Dismore

Will the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime be adopting the recommendation made in Home Office’s release of voluntary guidance on an ‘Appropriate Adult PCC-Local Authority Partnership Agreement’ for Police and Crime Commissioners to provide a demand profile for appropriate adults within their area?

Written response from the Mayor

The provision of safe and effective police custody arrangements is vital to the work of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and to the public’s trust and confidence in the Service. That is why the MPS, my Office for Policing and Crime and local authority partners have been working in partnership to develop proposals for a shared approach to the provision of Appropriate Adult (AA) services.

 

The Government’s voluntary partnership agreement endorses much of the work that has been undertaken in London.  For example, we have established partnership arrangements in place for engaging with Adult and Children’s’ Services, and the MPS has already compiled demand data for every borough, including temporal analysis and levels of demand for ‘paid’ service provision, which is informing discussions about the future model of provision with local authorities and others.

 

Of course, the London context is far different to elsewhere in the country and officers are working through how best to practicably address the recommendations in the Capital.

 

 

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