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

Florence Eshalomi AM: Good morning, Deputy Mayor. You may be aware that one of the things the Government was supposed to announce in the Autumn Statement was the whole announcement around the buy-as-you-go thought to help more people get on to the housing ladder. Do you think that would help in addressing the London housing crisis?

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 06 July 2016

Florence Eshalomi AM: Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning to you, Commissioner, and Mr Mayor. I just wanted to go back to some of the points raised by Assembly Member Bailey in terms of the night Tube. The first two lines are coming in in less than six weeks from today, and I am very happy that one of them will be going through my constituency, the Victoria line. I just wanted to go back to some of the points that you raised, Commissioner, in terms of the impact of the 24-hour licence, and this is an issue that has...

• Reference: 2015/2753
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Further to my question MQ 2015/0980, are you still in denial regarding the impact of money laundering on housing in London?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

Mr Mayor, can I raise the issue of sectarian tensions in London from the Middle East conflicts between Sunni and Shia? I welcome the comments you made to Andrew Boff AM that you do not want to see international disputes come to the streets of London. In the past 15 months I have seen a number of incidents which concern me. The first was raised by Lebanese businesses on the Edgware Road about Anjem Choudary’s [cleric] mob inciting clearly religious hatred aimed at Shias. It was dealt with as a public order offence but an opportunity was missed to deal...

• Reference: 2011/0099-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Given the £1m funding of the LIFE courses, how much money is LFEPA receiving from other partners to run the courses, and can you give a commitment that if there are issues in receiving funding from partners the LIFE courses will continue without any cut-backs?

• Reference: 2011/0101-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

What action is being taken by the London Fire Brigade against those with a high level of shut in lifts incidents?

• Reference: 2011/0102-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Given that vulnerable elderly people account for over half of fire deaths in the capital, what additional inspection work will be undertaken with Directors of Adult Services and Adult Safeguarding Boards in local authorities to reverse this trend?

• Reference: 2011/0104-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

How will you ensure that fire safety messages reach those young, educated London professionals whose lifestyle traits are the cause of 25% of accidental house fires, as reported recently?

• Reference: 2011/0105-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

What are the implications for the London Fire Brigade on the reported increase in fatal fires occurring in converted garages occupied as homes and not supported by the appropriate planning and building regulations? What action is the Authority taking on this and the proliferation of 'out-buildings' built in back gardens and posing significant fire risks.

• Reference: 2011/0106-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

After the recent spate of house fires, including the high profile fire in Bermondsey, caused by a faulty defroster timer switch on an appliance, how will the excellent partnership-working by the London Fire Brigade's fire investigation team be promoted to alert Londoners and manufacturers to the potential danger?