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• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 06 February 2015

Jenny Jones AM: On this substantive issue, I am very concerned that you are actually releasing too much industrial land because the vacancy rate on industrial land has actually halved in the past 15 years and is now lower than retail vacancies. I am concerned that you are talking about surplus land when, actually, it is not surplus because small businesses still need to be near centres of population and they still need to be near town centres. I just wonder how much research you have done on this.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 December 2014

Darren Johnson AM: I hear what you say about Wormwood Scrubs and the issue of permeability. I do not at all doubt the need to improve permeability. However, surely, this type of thing can be done through sensible negotiations between boroughs. You do not need to include it in the MDC to ensure pathways and gates to public open space, do you?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2014

Jenny Jones AM: I have not been convinced by these arguments about keeping Wormwood Scrubs open space inside the MDC. The council that currently has it in their borough is against it. The Friends of the Open Space are against it. It looks like a mayoral land grab. It does not look like a coherent plan. Sir Edward Lister (Mayor's Chief of Staff): If I may, it is a coherent plan, but they do not agree with it. Jenny Jones AM: Do you not think you should be interested in localism: that decisions for local people for local land should...

• Reference: 2001/0209-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What role will the LDA play in the public consultation on the proposed River Crossings? How will those campaigning against the proposed river crossings be involved in the consultation process? Will the consultation look at any alternative transport packages to regenerate the area? .

• Reference: 2001/0210-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What regeneration initiatives will be put in place to capture the projected employment benefits of the river crossings for local people, as proposed by the Roger Tym report? .

• Reference: 2001/0211-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

The proposed River crossings and a number of the sites they seek to open up are in areas at risk from flooding, according to Environment Agency data. Can the chair confirm that the Environment Agency has advised against development along much of the Thames Gateway because of the flood risk? Can the chair publish the advice the LDA has received from the Environment Agency on the flood risk in the Thames Gateway? In particular what will the LDA be doing to ensure that businesses and industry setting up on LDA land or with LDA finance are not prone to flooding...

• Reference: 2001/0212-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What role will the LDA play in the implementation of the Mayor's Waste strategy? .

• Reference: 2001/0213-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What role will the LDA play in the implementation of the Mayor's Energy strategy? .

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Thanks very much, George. But given that so much of the case for the river crossings has rested on the supposed regeneration benefits there is obviously a leadership role for the LDA in terms of the consultation around that as well, rather than just say it is a transport issue which is in TfL's department. So I would just like a bit more detail as to how you are going to ensure that the economic questions are properly addressed during that consultation stage and also to ensure that real benefits for local people are actually quantified in terms of the...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

The proposed river crossings and the sites that they serve are in areas that, according to the Environment Agency data, are at risk from flooding. Can you confirm what advice you have taken from the Environment Agency to ensure that new businesses, new homes and whatever are not put on land that is prone to risk of flooding?