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• 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?