Committee details
Freedom of the Borough
Purpose of committee
The Council is empowered by section 249(5) of the Local Government Act1972 to admit as Honorary Freemen/Freewomen of the borough ‘persons of distinction and persons who have in the opinion of the Council, rendered eminent services to the borough’.
The Freedom of the Borough Ad Hoc Panel will consider any proposals relating to the granting of the Freedom of the Borough including any nominations for that award and make recommendations accordingly for consideration by Full Council.
Membership
- Councillor Sabina Akhtar (Member)
- Mayor John Biggs (Member)
- Councillor Peter Golds (Member)
- Councillor Denise Jones (Member)
- Councillor Abdul Mukit MBE (Member)
- Councillor Rajib Ahmed (Member)
- Councillor Mohammed Ahbab Hossain (Chair)
- Councillor Victoria Obaze (Member)
- Councillor Motin Uz-Zaman (Member)
- Councillor Asma Begum (Co-Optee)
- Councillor Rachel Blake (Co-Optee)
- Mizan Chaudhury (Co-Optee)
- Councillor Sirajul Islam (Co-Optee)
- Councillor Rabina Khan (Co-Optee)
- Mike Smith (Co-Optee)
- Mr Leslie Morgan OBE (Co-Optee)
Contact information
Support officer: Matthew Mannion, Democratic Services. Tel: 0207 364 4651, Email: matthew.mannion@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Postal address:
1st Floor, Town Hall
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BG
Phone: 020 7364 4651
Email: matthew.mannion@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Web site: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk