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• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Keith Prince AM: Good morning, Mr Deputy Mayor. Just before I start, you mentioned earlier a 30,000 affordable homes figure and I wondered. When do you think that will be achievable by?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Andrew Dismore AM: I wanted to come to the issue of land banking. The previous Mayor stated: “To constrict supply to push up prices by land banking is plainly against the economic interests of this city.” Sadiq [Khan, Mayor of London] said in the manifesto: “Exercise use-it-or-lose-it powers to make sure developers who have planning permission build homes and do not land bank.” There seems to be a degree of consensus about the issue. How do you think the DCLG could support the GLA in tackling land banking? For example, one option would be to allow planning authorities to, if...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Joanne McCartney AM: . I want to ask you about supported housing. Last month I was delighted to open Protheroe House in Tottenham. This was a development for older Londoners with extra care needs. It offers affordable rents, greatly below, alternative residential care accommodation and part of the units are supported by the NHS. In effect, it unblocks beds from hospitals. I was quite shocked to see under the former Mayor the Mayor’s Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund had an underspend of 66%. I am wondering what you have done to review this and what are your plans for...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

David Kurten AM: I do want to ask you about something, maybe a different area, which is about the balance between getting the new housing that London needs and also protecting our culture and our heritage. There are a couple of reports that I have seen over the last couple of months and constituents have written to me of some disturbing issues in London with the drive to build extra houses and one of them concerns the view of St Paul’s Cathedral. Off the top of my head there are 37 protected views of St Paul’s Cathedral and reports recently...

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Tom Copley AM: It follows on quite nicely from the point about co-ops. I want to talk about smaller developments and smaller pieces of land. We did hear a bit about this earlier from the Housing Minister, who suggested this was not a silver bullet, but a lot is being talked about trying to get SME builders going and there was a recent announcement from the Government of a homebuilding fund that would provide loans to small and medium builders. Can you tell me: is that fund all going to be administered nationally or will it be devolved for administration...

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Tony Devenish AM: Do you think there is a real sense of urgency in how you are tackling the housing crisis?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Fiona Twycross AM: I wanted to correct the impression that was given that the way it has been operating at the moment has been simply about opposition Members [on LFEPA] getting at the Mayor. The fact is that the Mayor has insisted on managing by Direction even when there has not been an impasse, including on issues over which there has been cross‑party agreement by LFEPA Members. I just wondered if you could focus a little bit on what impact the Mayor’s insistence on management by Direction has had. To be honest, we have had Directions on all sorts of...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Chairman, probably this is one for you as the politician of the two of you. The fact is, surely, that government, particularly local government, has been changing very considerably over recent years. That is accepted. The straight point to you: is it not correct that perhaps LFEPA in its current form is out of date and past its sell‑by date, really?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Fiona Twycross AM: We obviously have to make sensible use of resources in the face of cuts. Some of the new technology that could come online is really interesting and will offer exciting possibilities, but do you agree with the Londoner who contacted me yesterday to say that £283,000 for a website rebuild is bordering on scandalous?