§ Mr. Geraint DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what arrangements have been made for the transfer of the London Research Centre, the London Planning Advisory Committee and the London Ecology Committee to the Greater London Authority. [117919]
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§ Mr. HillAs part of the establishment of the Greater London Authority under the GLA Act 1999, the London Research Centre (LRC), the London Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC) and London Ecology Committee (LEC) were abolished on 1 April 2000. At the same time, the appropriate property, rights and liabilities of the three bodies were transferred by means of transfer schemes to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The intention is that these will transfer to the Greater London Authority on 8 May 2000, with the exception of a small number of functions of the LRC which will transfer to Transport for London on 3 July 2000.
I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the very valuable work which the LRC, LPAC and LEC have each undertaken on a wide range of cross-London subjects, since their establishment. I am confident that this tradition will be carried on by the Greater London Authority itself in the future.