160.Section 32 requires the London Assembly to convene a police and crime panel to exercise the Assembly’s functions in relation to scrutiny of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. The London Assembly may decide the composition of its police and crime panel, and the panel may contain persons who are not members of the Assembly. The panel may decide the composition of its sub-committees, and they may contain non-Assembly members. The panel must exercise its functions with a view to supporting the effective exercise of the functions of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.