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  • Topic: Knife crime

    • Reference: 2017/5064
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    I congratulate the Mayor on the 'London Needs you Alive' Campaign. However, the figures of murdered teenagers in London are already double last year. The victims and perpetrators are overwhelming from BAME backgrounds. How is the Mayor specifically targeting this over represented group?
  • The London Plan

    • Reference: 2017/5184
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    How will your new London Plan improve the lives of Londoners?
  • Barking-Gospel Oak Line Closure Arrangements

    • Reference: 2017/5065
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    As the Mayor knows, the Barking-Gospel Oak Line is undergoing another closure to allow electrification works to be completed. However, while TfL are arranging to refund "regular users" of the line who take alternative routes via Zone 1, they have not arranged to do so for passengers who incur additional expense by taking alternative routes not via Zone 1. On behalf of the many users of this line who will incur additional travel costs as well as inconvenience, will the Mayor commit to pressuring TfL to extend these refund arrangements to include those that do not travel via Zone 1...
  • Increasing housing supply in London (2)

    • Reference: 2017/5196
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    The Government will set up a review panel to investigate the significant gap between housing completions and the amount of land allocated or permissioned. What gap, if any, exists in London and what steps, if any, will you take to close it?
  • Transport & the Green Belt (1)

    • Reference: 2017/5185
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    Please name the a) National Rail Stations and b) Tube/DLR stations that are located within the London Green Belt.
  • Transport & the Green Belt (2)

    • Reference: 2017/5186
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    According to the February 2015 report by London First, "The Green Belt: A Place for Londoners?", around 60% of the London Green Belt is within 2km of an existing rail or tube station. Can you provide an estimate as to the percentage of the London Green Belt that is within 1km of a bus stop?
  • New Retirement Housing

    • Reference: 2017/5187
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    What are your views on a recommendation from the Home Builders Federation that new retirement housing should be exempt from section 106 contributions and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to rapidly boost supply and its possible impact on London?
  • Manufacturing zone

    • Reference: 2017/5188
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    In the budget, the Government will pilot a manufacturing zone in the East Midlands that it believes "will reduce planning restrictions to allow land to be used more productively, providing certainty for business investment, and boosting local productivity and growth". What are your thoughts on the potential of reducing planning restrictions to allow more manufacturing in London?
  • Underused land

    • Reference: 2017/5189
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    The Government plans to introduce planning reforms for better use of underused land in our cities and towns. What steps will you be taking in your London Plan to ensure that better use is made of underused land?
  • Deallocating sites from plans

    • Reference: 2017/5190
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    The Government will consult on strengthening policy to be clear that allocated land should be taken out of a plan if there is no prospect of a planning application being made. How big an issue is this in London?