She was first elected to the Assembly in 2000, and retained her seat in 2004. Ken Livingstone appointed her as Chair of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA). She also is a member of several other scrutiny and policy committees.
Val was awarded a CBE in 2002 for her services to local government.
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Biography from the London Assembly (http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/shawcrossv.jsp)
ValerieShawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark today spoke of the misery caused to her constituents by noise from aircraft flying into and out of Heathrow Airport amid reports that a sixth terminal and third runway are to be proposed for the airport.
ValerieShawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark and Streatham South councillors Mark Bennett, John Kazantzis and Dave Malley are celebrating success after Transport for London announce that they are consulting on an idea to route the N133 night bus along Streatham Vale.
ValerieShawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark was joined this morning at City Hall by Streatham South Labour councillors, Mark Bennett, Dave Malley and John Kazantzis to call on Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Transport for London to send night bus services along Streatham Vale.
ValerieShawcross, Chair of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority recently visited the Mid and West Wales Fire Brigade.
The purpose of ValerieShawcross' visit was primarily to learn more about the work of retained personnel in Mid and West Wales and the key issues facing rural fire brigades in particular.
ValerieShawcross will be speaking at the 'Walesfire' Conference in Tenby later this year on the subject of 'Repositioning the Fire Service'.
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