Pan-London Dockless Bike ByeLaw

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Dear Havering Borough Council,

I would like to request the below information regarding the PanLondon Dockless Bicycle Byelaw:
1) Why have the powers for the Byelaw not been granted to London Council Transport and Environment Committee?
2) When has the PanLondon Dockless Bike Byelaw been discussed at full council meeting?
3) When will the PanLondon Dockless Bike Byelaw next be discussed at full council meeting?

Many Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
K Edwards

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Dear K Edwards

 

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Dear Accessinfo at Havering,

Please can I have an updated response regarding this request for information.

Yours sincerely,
K Edwards

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Dear K Edwards

 

We refer to your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  Your request has been considered and the response
is as follows:

 

┌────────┬─────────────┐
│Question│I would like │
│1 │to request │
│ │the below │
│ │information │
│ │regarding the│
│ │PanLondon │
│ │Dockless │
│ │Bicycle │
│ │Byelaw: │
│ │ │
│ │  │
│ │ │
│ │Why have the │
│ │powers for │
│ │the Byelaw │
│ │not been │
│ │granted to │
│ │London │
│ │Council │
│ │Transport and│
│ │Environment │
│ │Committee? │
├────────┼─────────────┤
│Response│Whilst its │
│ │recognised │
│ │the perceived│
│ │benefits of │
│ │having a │
│ │single │
│ │dockless bike│
│ │Byelaw for │
│ │the whole of │
│ │London from a│
│ │consistency │
│ │perspective, │
│ │it would │
│ │still be the │
│ │case that the│
│ │extent of any│
│ │dockless bike│
│ │hire schemes │
│ │and the │
│ │enforcement │
│ │of the Byelaw│
│ │in a borough │
│ │would be a │
│ │matter for │
│ │local │
│ │decision │
│ │making and │
│ │control, at │
│ │the │
│ │discretion of│
│ │each borough.│
│ │ │
│ │  │
│ │ │
│ │A pan-London │
│ │Byelaw may │
│ │not be │
│ │required in │
│ │order to be │
│ │able to carry│
│ │out the level│
│ │of │
│ │enforcement │
│ │that might be│
│ │needed within│
│ │Havering. It │
│ │should be up │
│ │to the │
│ │discretion of│
│ │each │
│ │individual │
│ │borough to │
│ │decide to │
│ │create such a│
│ │Byelaw if │
│ │deemed │
│ │necessary for│
│ │enforcement │
│ │purposes.  │
│ │ │
│ │  │
│ │ │
│ │Addressing │
│ │the issue of │
│ │dockless │
│ │bikes being │
│ │left in │
│ │inappropriate│
│ │locations is │
│ │not │
│ │considered an│
│ │immediate │
│ │priority for │
│ │Havering. │
│ │Should such a│
│ │problem arise│
│ │at some point│
│ │in the │
│ │future, │
│ │Havering may │
│ │reconsider │
│ │its position │
│ │on the │
│ │matter. │
├────────┼─────────────┤
│Question│When has the │
│2 │PanLondon │
│ │Dockless Bike│
│ │Byelaw been │
│ │discussed at │
│ │full council │
│ │meeting? │
├────────┼─────────────┤
│Response│The matter │
│ │has not yet │
│ │been │
│ │discussed at │
│ │Full Council │
├────────┼─────────────┤
│Question│When will the│
│3 │PanLondon │
│ │Dockless Bike│
│ │Byelaw next │
│ │be discussed │
│ │at full │
│ │council │
│ │meeting? │
├────────┼─────────────┤
│Response│There are no │
│ │current plans│
│ │to discuss │
│ │the matter at│
│ │Full Council │
└────────┴─────────────┘

 

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Yours sincerely

 

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