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• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Nicky Gavron AM: Before I ask my questions, which are about the bus service in outer London, I just want to place on record my congratulations to TfL for what it has achieved over the last 20 years. I can remember in the 1990s when we were looking at international ratings of London and it was considered the easiest major city in the world to get to and the most difficult to get around. In those 20 years we have seen no less really than a bus revolution, a rail renaissance, the pushing of more walking and cycling and more...

• 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...