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• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Nicky Gavron AM: Minister, good morning. I wanted to ask you a question about permitted development rights, which allow a change of use from offices and other workspaces now to residential without going through the planning system. Everyone around this horseshoe agrees that we need more affordable housing and we need more housing generally, but we also desperately need affordable workspace. Change of use is offering a windfall in terms of upping value to property owners and to developers. What we are seeing in London is that rents are going up and, in many cases, land prices are going up...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

I wonder, Peter Hendy, whether you were aware of, or indeed were using in making the case for emission-based charging, the fact that earlier this year, I think it was around February, the University of Southern California came out with its research, which really gives the evidence for what we knew anecdotally, which is that if you live close to a very traffic-blighted road with high vehicle emissions, then if you are growing and your lungs are growing, and you are any age from 0 to 18, it does not just exacerbate asthma, the particulates and the various toxic emissions...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Can you tell us how you are setting about reducing emissions through efficiency measures, through refurbishment, and are you going to set up a revolving loan fund so that you can reinvest the revenue savings from energy and carbon cut into further investment?

• Reference: 2006/0470-1
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

What is TfL dong to ensure it plays its part in meeting National and London Wide targets on greenhouse emissions?