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• Reference: 2024/1034
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you support the recently launched manifesto of the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO), including their recommendation for an Integrated Retirement Community (IRC) in every borough, in order to provide more housing choice for senior residents and encourage downsizing?

• Reference: 2024/1035
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you share the significant concerns raised by the Housing Ombudsman in its recent special investigation report into Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which issued 85 findings in 33 cases with a maladministration rate of 88%? Do you have any concerns regarding the ability of Hammersmith and Fulham to manage any new council homes funded with GLA money?

• Reference: 2024/1037
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

London Higher recommend that, “There should be more affordable student accommodation and travel by including accommodation in the strategic planning for London, alongside plans to build more homes. Increasing supply of both students’ accommodation and housing will help to rebalance the housing market in London and ensure London remains an attractive place for students to study, work and live”. Will you listen to London Higher’s recommendation and enable affordable student accommodation in London?

• Reference: 2024/1039
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you support the British Property Federation manifesto, 'Building our Future', including its recommendations to build more homes, promote senior living, and ensure world class facilities to promote high growth sectors?

• Reference: 2024/1043
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Thank you for your response to question 2024/0819. The question was not concerned with your manifesto, however, but with the Tweet you sent on 24 November 2015 in which you stated ‘I'll plant 2m trees in London in my first term as Mayor - with a focus around our schools’, with a link to a Guardian article which carried the headline ‘Sadiq Khan promises to plant 2m trees in London if elected mayor’. Was this Tweet incorrect?

• Reference: 2024/1044
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Putting your 2016 manifesto aside, was the Tweet you sent on 24 November 2015 in which you stated ‘I'll plant 2m trees in London in my first term as Mayor - with a focus around our schools’ incorrect? Would you like to take the opportunity to retract the Tweet?

• Reference: 2024/1045
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Given your suggestion that we should look to your manifesto for your promises on tree planting, and not your Twitter account, do you accept the Tweet you sent on 24 November 2015 in which you stated ‘I'll plant 2m trees in London in my first term as Mayor - with a focus around our schools’ could be misleading and should be retracted?

• Reference: 2024/1046
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

If Londoners had not seen your 2016 manifesto, do you think they would be under the impression that you intended to plant 2 million trees based on a Tweet you sent on 24 November 2015 stating ‘I’ll plant 2m trees in London in my first term as Mayor’?

• Reference: 2024/1047
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Will you accept that Tweeting ‘I’ll plant 2m trees in London in my first term as Mayor’ on 24 November 2015 was a mistake?

• Reference: 2024/1036
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

LCCI says, “Without the EV charging infrastructure for commercial vehicles – which are key to supporting and sustaining business growth in our city, it is hard to see how net zero can be attained by 2030”. Will you share further details surrounding the plans and costs for rolling out EV charging points for commercial vehicles such as HGVs?