Committee details
General Purposes Committee
Purpose of committee
This Committee is responsible for a range of non executive functions, including electoral matters, personnel issues and appeals. It also has responsibility for considering and making recommendations to Full Council on the introduction, amendment or revocation of new byelaws and can consider and make non-material changes to the Council’s Constitution
The Committee is made up of nine Members of the Council as appointed by Full Council. Political balance rules apply to the Committee. Each political group may also appoint up to three substitutes. The quorum is three Members of the Committee.
A timetable for meeting dates and deadlines can be found here.
The full terms of reference for the committee is set out in the - Council Constitution (Part 3.3.10, Responsibility for Functions).
Membership
- Councillor Saif Uddin Khaled (Chair)
- Councillor Kabir Ahmed (Member)
- Councillor Musthak Ahmed (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Asma Begum (Member)
- Councillor Maisha Begum (Member)
- Councillor Abu Chowdhury (Member)
- Councillor James King (Member)
- Councillor Maium Talukdar (Member)
- Councillor Abdal Ullah (Member)
- Councillor Gulam Kibria Choudhury (Substitute)
- Councillor Mufeedah Bustin (Substitute)
- Councillor Sirajul Islam (Substitute)
- Councillor Amin Rahman (Substitute)
- Councillor Asma Islam (Substitute)
Contact information
Support officer: Joel West, Democratic Services. Tel: 020 7364 4207; E-mail: joel.west@towerhamlets.gov.uk