1. Labour Group Amendment
Draft Fifth London Safety Plan - Mayoral Direction – Proposed Claim for Judicial Review
Delete recommendation A (b) “To authorise the Commissioner to take immediate steps to comply
with the Mayor’s direction of 30 January 2013 forthwith and to start public consultation forthwith in
accordance with the direction and no later than 5.00pm on 5 March 2013 on the draft fifth London
Safety Plan (LSP5) as originally submitted to the Authority by the Commissioner on 21 January 2013;”
and insert:
b) This Authority deplores:
(a) the Mayor’s repeated refusal to accept the democratic decisionsof the Authority opposing
the closure of 12 fire stations, the loss of 18 fire appliances and a reduction of 520 fire-
fighters as set out in the draft LSP5 paper; and
(b) the Mayor’s threat through his solicitors to sue the Authority if he does not get his own
way.
The Authority notes that the technical budget amendment passed by the London Assembly
on 8th February 2013 constituted a viable alternative which would avoid the need for the
Mayor’s proposed draconian cuts as set out in draft LSP5.
The Authority believes that the Mayor is putting the safety and security of Londoners at risk
by ignoringoptions available to him to protect frontline firefighting services and by riding
roughshod over the considered policy of the Authority.
However, the Authority believes that it is not in the interests of Londoners to spend either
party’s financial resources on litigation at this stage and therefore with great reluctance
concedes to the Mayor on this occasion, by authorising the Commissioner to consult on the
unamended draft 5th London Safety Plan as originally proposed.
Insert, at the end of A (c):
The Authority believes that the opportunity for the public to have their say on the draft 5th
London Safety Plan should be maximised and therefore in complying with the Mayor’s diktat
instructs the Commissioner to include in theconsultation:
a) public meetings of at least two hours duration (subject to the public in attendance
requiring a meeting of such duration), to which members of the Authority in attendance
should be invited to contribute their own opinions as part of the platform party, to be
held in each London borough;
b) advertisements in local newspapers, the LFEPA website and notice boards and by
agreement with them local authority, GLA, TfL, and London Assembly websites, poster
sites and noticeboards;
c) all public information text in support of the draft LSP5 consultation, including material
relating to the convening of public meetings referred to at 5(a) above,to be approved by
the Appointments and Urgency Committee including any advertisements in local

2. newspapers, the LFEPA website and notice boards and by agreement with them local
authority, GLA, TfL, and London Assembly websites, poster sites and noticeboards.
Delete ‘in defending any legal proceedings’ in A (d) and insert ‘in relation to any legal proceedings’
The Recommendation will now read:
A. Decision not to defend
The Committee resolves:
a) To rescind its decisions of 11 February 2013 (as referred to in paragraphs 3 (1), (2) and
(3) of the public report);
b) This Authority deplores:
a) the Mayor’s repeated refusal to accept the democratic decisions of the Authority
opposing the closure of 12 fire stations, the loss of 18 fire appliances and a reduction
of 520 fire-fighters as set out in the draft LSP5 paper; and
b) the Mayor’s threat through his solicitors to sue the Authority if he does not get his
own way.
The Authority notes that the technical budget amendment passed by the London
Assembly on 8th February 2013 constituted a viable alternative which would avoid the
need for the Mayor’s proposed draconian cuts as set out in draft LSP5.
The Authority believes that the Mayor is putting the safety and security of Londoners at
risk by ignoring options available to him to protect frontline firefighting services and by
riding roughshod over the considered policy of the Authority.
However, the Authority believes that it is not in the interests of Londoners to spend
either party’s financial resources on litigation at this stage and therefore with great
reluctance concedes to the Mayor on this occasion, by authorising the Commissioner to
consult on the unamended draft 5th London Safety Plan as originally proposed.
c) To authorise the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to provide a written undertaking
to the Mayor not to take any steps inconsistent with the direction, subject to the ability
to carry out additional consultation where considered necessary to enhance public
understanding and responses, provided that any such additional consultation does not
undermine the LSP5 consultation, is consistent with it and does not adversely affect the
fairness of the overall LSP5 consultation programme.
The Authority believes that the opportunity for the public to have their say on the draft
5th London Safety Plan should be maximised and therefore in complying with the Mayor’s
diktat instructs the Commissioner to include in the consultation:
a) public meetings of at least two hours duration (subject to the public in attendance
requiring a meeting of such duration), to which members of the Authority in

3. attendance should be invited to contribute their own opinions as part of the platform
party, to be held in each London borough;
b) advertisements in local newspapers, the LFEPA website and notice boards and by
agreement with them local authority, GLA, TfL, and London Assembly websites,
poster sites and noticeboards;
c) all public information text in support of the draft LSP5 consultation, including
material relating to the convening of public meetings referred to at 5(a)
above,approved by the Appointments and Urgency Committee including any
advertisements in local newspapers, the LFEPA website and notice boards and by
agreement with them local authority, GLA, TfL, and London Assembly websites,
poster sites and noticeboards.
d) To authorise the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to inform the Fire Brigades
Union’s (FBU) solicitor of the Committee’s decision and to take such action as he would
recommend the Authority to take (including instructing counsel) in relation to any legal
proceedings brought by the FBU or other parties against the Committee’s decision.
e) To authorise the Head of Legal And Democratic Services to notify the Mayor’s legal
advisers of the Committee’s decision.
Proposed by: Cllr Navin Shah AM
Seconded by: Andrew Dismore AM

4. Labour Group Motion:
In light of the decisions taken at today’s Appointments and Urgency Committee to authorise the
Commissioner to carry out a consultation on the unamended draft LSP5 document, in relation to
which decisions will not be taken to finalise the LSP5 document as policy beyond its draft form until
the June meeting of the Authority (or later) and in particular after completion of the consultation
period, analysis of the results of the consultation, and consideration of officer recommendations
thereon, the Commissioner is instructed to prepare a balanced budget for 2013/4 for the Authority
on the basis of not implementing any cuts that may or may not follow after the June meeting of the
Authority so as not to pre-empt the outcome of the consultation nor decisions that will be taken at
the June meeting.
Proposed by: Andrew Dismore AM
Seconded by: Cllr Navin Shah AM