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  • Chairman's Question to Guests (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 10 February 2016
    Stephen Knight AM: Eddie [Sir Edward Lister], you have just said that you do not think that these changes will lead to an increase in the number of cars in outer London. Yet we are told that it will lead to a decrease in air quality and an increase in pollution. On one hand we are being told there will be an impact in terms of providing more car parking spaces leading to more cars, but you are just telling us that it will not. Which is the formal position of the GLA on this?
  • Chairman's Question to Guests (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 10 February 2016
    Steve O’Connell AM: Deputy Mayor, you will not be surprised to know that on this side we do welcome these relaxations. These are modest, however. It is interesting that colleagues are getting rather agitated over what we feel is too modest. I, indeed, had a report published last year that called for parking standards to be abolished in outer London and for outer London boroughs to be able to refuse planning permission based on insufficient parking. Clearly this does not go that far. If, indeed, my proposals were on the table I would understand colleagues’ agitation around that. That is...
  • Chairman's Question to Guests (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 10 February 2016
    Andrew Boff AM: Sir Edward, are you aware of a place called Barking Riverside?
  • Utilising Capacity at Airports in the South East.

    • Reference: 2015/2494
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 08 September 2015
    Given the extensive political opposition to a third runway at Heathrow and the inevitable legal and planning challenges that will arise it is almost certain expansion is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future at Heathrow. In light of these realities do you believe sufficient attention has been given to improving surface transport to ensure that the significant spare air capacity at existing airports in the south east is fully utilised.
  • Devolution of rail services

    • Reference: 2015/1238
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 21 May 2015
    What discussions have you had with the Department for Transport on the further devolution of suburban rail services to Transport for London?