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• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Steve O’Connell AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Just returning briefly to your exchange with Joanne [Joanne McCartney AM] regarding buses in outer London, something I have been banging on about for some considerable time, speaking for, for example, Sutton - and just for once I will not mention the tram, although I just did - it is particularly poorly served by public transport. Joanne probably hit the nail on the head. Looking at increasing services in outer London in a zero-sum game is naturally going to lead to potential reductions elsewhere. Really, what I want to hear from you, Mr...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Steve O’Connell AM: To Mr Mayor, and thank you again for your early commitment to the tram extensions across Sutton and Crystal Palace. I look forward to working with you to achieve those in this term. This is on the same subject of the freeze. As you will know, I am like you a proud south Londoner and have always felt for a long time that south London has not always had the favours from TfL that Zones 1, 2 and 3 have had. I hope to work with you to address that. Linking to your fares freeze promise, it...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2010

Around the same theme on planning controls; in the prospective Green Paper we have talked about third party planning appeals. I think we will recognise that there is an imbalance in the planning system whereby only a developer can appeal against and the residents cannot. I think we all tend to agree that that is a grotesque imbalance that needs addressing. The Open Source document did put some thoughts around that and I would like your amplification on it as well. It seemed to me that it is a very good point to address, but the Open Source document talked...