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• Reference: 2015/1993
• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 01 July 2015

LEP lines of accountability are often unclear to the public. Given that £294 million has been allocated to the LEP as part of the two Growth Deals, do you think that the Assembly should have a greater scrutiny role with regards the performance of the LEP?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 01 July 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Thank you, Madam Chair. Can I just dig a bit deeper into this question of skills and the equipping of young people? You will be well aware that in my constituency, in Wandsworth, we have the massive Nine Elms [Vauxhall Nine Elms] development going on. I was pretty shocked when on one of my recent visits there to hear from some of the people running the support operation that there are terrible problems with getting the funding and getting the operation going. They are not able to lay on the supplies of skilled young people and apprentices...

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 01 July 2015

Victoria Borwick AM MP: If I may, I would just like to follow on and say that there are other boroughs that are very concerned. In fact, I have a residents group in Kensington and Chelsea that is extremely dismayed that it seems to be that others are moving ahead on this agenda. I would - I think - second the points made by Mr Dismore, not all of them, but I know there are others around here who I am sure could instance their boroughs and issues with this. There seems to be subsidies and other information for other...

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 01 July 2015

Kit Malthouse AM MP: I assume that you would accept that for all the businesses and people employed in the area of green technology and green industries, 80% of what they do and what holds them back is exactly the same as for businesses that are not involved in those technologies. Therefore, your work on small business, science and technology and all those areas of emphasis would be equally as applicable to green technology, Jenny ‑‑ Jenny Jones AM: Yes. Kit Malthouse AM MP: ‑‑ as they are to other things. Harvey McGrath (Deputy Chair, London Enterprise Panel): Indeed. Kit...

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 01 July 2015

James Cleverly AM MP: Thank you, Madam Chair. Prompted by Mr Knight, you mentioned more corporate involvement in the housing market and the provision of housing specifically for employees. Across the country, there are some significant examples where business owners have taken a very direct role in the provision of housing. I am thinking of Port Sunlight, Bournville, etc, where those - for want of a better word - early corporate entities recognised that they had a vested interest in the provision of good quality, local housing for the people working in their businesses. You mentioned the utilisation of pension...

• Reference: 2008/0475
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Will the Mayor please confirm the total cost to the London Development Agency of seeking legal counsel relating to the summons to appear before the extraordinary meeting of the London Assembly on 7th February 2008?

• Reference: 2008/0479
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

How does the Mayor plan on responding to the Post Office area plan for London and therefore help save these vital local services?

• Reference: 2008/0489
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

What are the terms of the contract for the art PR agency Bolton and Quinn, who seem to have been retained to promote the art installations on the fourth plinth?

• Reference: 2008/0519
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Now that the proposals for post office closures across London have been published, what action are you taking to combat the threat of widespread closures?

• Reference: 2008/0521
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

The Chief Executive of the LDA stated that the tone and nature of the emailed instruction from Lee Jasper to junior members of LDA staff were "inappropriate and not the type of communication expected from a Mayoral Adviser to junior staff", what action have you taken with respect to Lee Jasper since hearing these views?