Thursday 1 May 2014

Welcome to the Unaccountable Fish Website.  We want to bring accountability and democratic control back to the Port of London Authority, a self financing QUANGO currently accountable to no one. 

The Port of London Authority was established in 1908 by the original Port of London Act. The governing body was comprised of:

18 elected members, elected by 'payers of dues, wharfingers [wharf owners] and owners of river craft'

and
10 appointed members:
4 appointed by the London County Council,
2 by the Board of Trade,
1 by the Admiralty
1 by Trinity House and
2 by the PLA themselves.

Today up to 8 members are appointed by the PLA themselves and the remainder (between 3 and 1, excluding the chair) are made by the Secretary of State for Transport.

PLA democracy, then and now