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• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Florence Eshalomi AM: It is great to see you here as a London Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon, not too far from my constituency in Lambeth and Southwark. One of the main issues that has been on your agenda and I am sure in your inbox as well has been the issue around Southern Rail. In the run-up to the mayoral election, quite a number of the candidates committed to looking at further rail devolution in London and it is right to say that it is something that has worked quite well with London Overground. Given that there is...

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Tom Copley AM: Good morning, Minister. Thank you for being here today. I listened with interest to your exchange with Assembly Member Devenish. It feels to me like your predecessor in the previous Government seemed to put all his eggs in the Starter Homes basket and in the affordable homeownership basket. What you seem to have said by saying that there is no silver bullet is perhaps that that was not the right approach. Do you and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) support a full range of tenures and affordable tenures for London and does that include...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Len Duvall AM: I would like to return to the issue about rail privatisation and the issues around that. Can I thank you for your earlier statement in saying that you would come back before us? We are very grateful. We know that you do not have to and we look forward to further opportunities to pose questions to you on topical issues. In terms of the transport announcements made yesterday and the links with the wider issues around economic performance, would you agree that the issues in Kent and London coincide? We all want the best for the rail...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Nicky Gavron AM: Minister, good morning. I wanted to ask you a question about permitted development rights, which allow a change of use from offices and other workspaces now to residential without going through the planning system. Everyone around this horseshoe agrees that we need more affordable housing and we need more housing generally, but we also desperately need affordable workspace. Change of use is offering a windfall in terms of upping value to property owners and to developers. What we are seeing in London is that rents are going up and, in many cases, land prices are going up...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Andrew Dismore AM: Could I go back to rail devolution? In the Evening Standard today there is a letter from Chris Grayling [MP, Secretary of State for Transport] to Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson wrote to Mr Grayling supporting the idea of rail devolution. The letter says this: “Thank you for your letter of 17 April about the possibility of TfL taking on responsibility for a number [of] rail services in the London area, but outside the Greater London boundary. While I am generally a great supporter of what you are doing in London, I would not be in favour of...

• Reference: 2014/0024
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 January 2014

With the announcement of a new cultural and education hub, what will be the impact in this changed prescribed land use on the total number of housing units across the park?

• Reference: 2014/0025
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 January 2014

How many homes are the LLDC planning to replace with other uses in the Pudding Mill Neighbourhood and sites to the North and South of the Aquatic Centre (Stratford Waterfront) and in a further area south of the ArcelorMittal Orbit Sculpture?

• Reference: 2014/0004
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 January 2014

Are you confident that, over the medium-term, the LLDC's budget settlements will be sufficient to enable it to realise its housing and built environment, economic development and employment, transport, and public realm regeneration goals?

• Reference: 2014/0031
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 January 2014

Will the accelerated development of the Eastwick and Sweetwater neighbourhoods require a trade off in the affordable housing total?

• Reference: 2014/0032
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 January 2014

What future does Stratford International face? How can the LLDC work with partners, including the Department of Transport, to encourage new continental services to consider stopping at Stratford International?