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  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Sakina Sheikh
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. Sir John Armitt, I am going to take us back to some of your opening comments around the wider strategic priorities and framework in terms of how we navigate decisions in London for infrastructure projects. To that end I wanted to ask, how should the GLA determine which infrastructure projects in London should be prioritised? Please feel free to draw on your opening remarks and build on them.

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Tony Devenish
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Tony Devenish AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel, and good morning, Deputy Mayor. I think that was the best excuse I have heard for the Mayor not turning up yet. We get one every time. There is one thing that has not been mentioned so far this morning. As somebody who has spent most of my career in infrastructure, it is the vision thing. You are going into the begging bowl at the end, Deputy Mayor, but before you have a begging bowl you actually need a vision. Both of the first two Mayors really - and I do...

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much. Thank you for the way that you answered those previous questions. It is very enlightening for everyone around this table, whatever party they belong to. Also, I want to thank you for the work that you have done on your commission. It is a very important role that you have in advising and influencing the nation’s infrastructure debate. It is important for the future given - as you said - the background scenario about money and the challenges we face. It was a reality check, really. You visited this building back in January...

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Emma Best
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Emma Best AM: Thank you. Good morning, panel. Firstly, before we start, I was surprised to hear we get three-plus hours with the Mayor every month, Seb. When does that happen?

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Leonie Cooper
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Léonie Cooper AM: Thanks very much. I wanted to ask Sir John Armitt a question and, if we could be brief, that would be really helpful. It is nothing to do with fluffy projects. By the way, I will just reveal that Assembly Member Devenish recently acquired a dog, which is why he is slightly obsessed with fluffy projects at the moment. Keith Prince AM: Nice segue. Léonie Cooper AM: I wanted to ask you if you actually think overall whether or not sufficient attention is paid to the journey towards net zero in all of our assessment of infrastructure...

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Nick Rogers
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Nick Rogers AM: Thank you, Chair. Question for Phil, following on from the discussion we were having with Assembly Members Garratt and Cooper. In your work, you said you were working on the local energy plan with authorities in West London, so with that work and more broadly, are you looking at all at large scale battery storage, as a potential solution to build resilience into the grid?

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [11]

    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. My lead-off question is to either Phil [Graham] or Ben [Lucas]. High speed internet access is critical for London’s businesses and residents. However, it has been reported that some parts of London have some of the worse full fibre coverage in the country. What are the reasons for this and how can this be tackled? If you would like to start off, Phil.

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [12]

    • Question by: Leonie Cooper
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. I would like to start with [Sir] John Armitt and go to John Kavanagh, if I may. In your 2016 report, Transport for a World City , it said, “Crossrail 2 should be taken forward as a priority”. You have reiterated that call since. Seven years on, do you still think that Crossrail 2 should be a priority? I am very interested in this because I represent Merton and Wandsworth down in the South West. My colleague here, who is with the Mayor this morning, Joanne McCartney [AM], who represents Enfield and...

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [13]

    • Question by: Sem Moema
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning to all of you. I have a lot of questions for Sir John Armitt, but I want to use the full breadth of the expert panel today. So my question is for the Deputy Mayor, Seb Dance, and it is to ask you: what are the prospects of an expansion of Hall Farm Curve and train and tube connectivity to and from Chingford?

  • Question & Answer Session: London's Long-Term Infrastructure Needs (Supplementary) [14]

    • Question by: Anne Clarke
    • Meeting date: 08 June 2023
    Anne Clarke AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to all the panel. Seb, you have spoken a lot today about orbital routes. I am wondering if we have an update on the progress of the West London Orbital and can you give any assurances that the project will be given the go-ahead?