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  • Balance of Taxation (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 24 October 2012
    Roger Evans (AM): I too spent a pleasant lunch some years ago being lobbied on this matter by Dave Wetzel [President of the Labour Land Campaign]. Professor Tony Travers (Chair, London Finance Commission): It is always fun. Roger Evans (AM): Yes, and he made the point that Jenny [Jones] does that it would encourage better use of land in London. Does that not mean that if you are using a piece of land for residential purposes it will encourage you to put a block of flats on it, the higher the better, rather than just ordinary houses?

  • Planning

    • Reference: 2010/0070-1
    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2010
    The coalition government is keen to promote localism. How will boroughs be allowed to control planning in their areas?

  • London Assembly Powers and Resources (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2010
    I just want to put on the record for the purpose of the minutes that there is substantial agreement around this table on a lot of the points that are being raised. We agree that the MPA should be following an LFEPA model; we agree that strategies should be subject to rejection by the Assembly on a two thirds majority and we agree that bodies should have elected representation on them if possible rather than being entirely appointed. Something else we would like to see is more cases of ministers being accountable to this body and coming to give evidence...