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• Reference: 2015/1668
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 June 2015

What net addition to the social housing stock in London should you be making each year?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 23 May 2012

Darren Johnson (Deputy Chair): Assembly Member Biggs has a point of order. John Biggs (AM): The Chair told us there was a standing order about making assertions for which there was no evidence. Now, the Mayor has at the one time made an assertion for which he has evidence that he can cut council tax. Now he has made another assertion that on fares, he can make no such commitment. There is a fundamental inconsistency, it seems to me, under standing orders. Either one can be said and the other cannot, and either the both can be said or neither...

• Reference: 2010/0105-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

What barriers prevent a greater proportion of affordable homes being delivered for rent, given the planned changes to housing benefit?

• Reference: 2010/0106-1
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

Is there adequate strategic leadership of housing policy and its implementation in London?

• Reference: 2010/0107-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

What are the risks and opportunities of the proposal for a new Housing and Regeneration department within the GLA?

• Reference: 2010/0108-1
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

How have the prospects for families in housing need improved since the current Mayoralty began?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

Could you, Mr Blakeway, promise me not to carry anything over from the last administration with regard to housing? Could you promise three things really: first of all, could you promise not to disappoint Londoners with oversold targets that are unachievable? Could you promise me not to raise the aspirations of Londoners and then dash those hopes and blame someone else? Could you also promise not to build a home for somebody in housing need but actually deliver a rabbit hutch? So in short, can you assure me that the strategies will be realistic, achievable and honest, which would be...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

Richard, a question for you. Would you not agree, following on from that debate you just had, that inflexible percentage targets are indeed a tired and lazy analysis of the needs of our residents?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

Last week it was announced that the Office for Tenants and Social Landlords, otherwise known as Tenant Services Authority (TSA), was to be devolved and no longer a public body. I am just wondering in the context of housing devolution in London where all these regulatory powers will be going.

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

On the subject that Mike was pursuing about structure and powers, what thoughts have you got around devolving or increasing the powers of the Assembly around scrutiny in the new world?