Committee details
General Purposes Committee
Purpose of committee
This Committee is responsible for a range of non executive functions, including electoral matters 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 Ahmodul Kabir (Chair)
- Councillor Musthak Ahmed (Member)
- Councillor Shafi Ahmed (Member)
- Councillor Maisha Begum (Member)
- Councillor Abu Chowdhury (Member)
- Councillor Marc Francis (Member)
- Councillor Peter Golds (Member)
- Councillor Abdi Mohamed (Member)
- Councillor Saif Uddin Khaled (Member)
- Councillor Gulam Kibria Choudhury (Substitute)
- Councillor Abdul Malik (Substitute)
- Councillor Bellal Uddin (Substitute)
- Councillor Mohammad Chowdhury (Substitute)
- Councillor Asma Islam (Substitute)
- Councillor Sabina Khan (Substitute)
Contact information
Support officer: Joel West, Democratic Services. Tel: 020 7364 4207; E-mail: joel.west@towerhamlets.gov.uk