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• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Deputy Mayor, the Mayor has called for devolution of the 16 to 18 education budget. Can you provide an update and whether you are asking for this delegation to be devolved further for 16 to 18‑year‑olds?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. My first question is to Jules. You mentioned earlier you had given a funding uplift to FE providers, which I know was very welcome, but in no way is it going to offset the rises in inflation, particularly in energy bills, for example. If further funding is not given by central Government, what are the possible outcomes that could mean for FE providers and students in the city?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Michelle and Jules, I hope you are doing well. Great to see you again. Long time, no see. How do London’s enrolment and qualification rates compare to other AEBs across the country?

• Reference: 2021/2676
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

How will you and your team meet the housing and planning challenges facing London during this term?

• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Hina Bokhari AM: Shared ownership has been a key part of London’s housing and planning model for the last two decades. Today I want to ask questions about how it is working for ordinary Londoners. I will start by asking Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe about planning for shared ownership homes in mixed developments. There were widespread reports recently of residents enjoying the world’s first swimming pool suspended between two buildings at the Embassy Gardens development in Wandsworth. However, the benefits of this facility are not equal as the shared owners in the building are not allowed to access it. This...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning. I would like to ask a question to Deputy Mayor Pipe, if I may, about family housing. It seems to me that if we are mainly building one and two‑bedroom properties, then that is what families will be living in, and they will be living in overcrowded conditions in those flats. We have seen particularly over the last year how big a problem that can be. People often imagine they are going to move out of inner London into outer London when they start a family, and they might be surprised to discover that that...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning. My question is to Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe, regarding building safety. For many of us, particularly the victims’ families, Grenfell Tower is scarred into our memories and the pursuit for justice continues. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report found that in the context of national legislation there was compelling evidence ‑ and I quote ‑ that, “[T]he external walls of the building failed to comply with Requirement B4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010, in that they did not adequately resist the spread of the fire having regard to the height, use...

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: My question is for Deputy Mayor Pipe. Jules, how will the new London Plan and its Supplementary Planning Guidance help to deliver on your promises to Londoners?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Marina Ahmad AM: My question is to the Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe. As we know, London is the engine of the UK economy and accounts for almost a quarter of the country’s economic output. The coming years are going to be dominated by how London responds to the pandemic and the damage it has caused the city, which is why the Mayor’s manifesto focused on the recovery needs of the city and talked about jobs, jobs, jobs. Deputy Mayor, what do we need from the planning system to support the Mayor’s aim of protecting jobs as our city recovers from...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: I would like to address my questions to Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe as well. Good morning, Jules. The Mayor has stated that through his strengthening of the planning process in London, London is already ahead of the national building standards in the amount of carbon saved when constructing new homes. That was one of the points that Deputy Mayor Tom Copley referred to when he was talking about overall housing supply. However, what I would like to know is whether or not that strengthening of the London Plan and the planning process is on its own enough...