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• Reference: 2007/2724
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

London currently has the lowest proportion of home ownership in the country ' just 59% of London's homes are owner-occupied, compared to 70% for the rest of England. Wandsworth's Local Development Framework seeks to increase the number of low cost homes available to first time buyers, key workers and others on low and moderate incomes seeking to own a share of their own home. Why does the Mayor oppose this plan, and what exactly does he have against home owners?

• Reference: 2007/2725
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

Is your office undertaking a formal assessment of the Healthcare for London: A Framework for Action report?

• Reference: 2007/2726
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

Is the Mayor happy with the way the London Food Strategy is progressing and does he have plans to review it?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

I just wanted to come in on the problem of the noise quota for which, as you know, the Government has decided to use Concorde as the average noise quota. However, Concorde only came in once and went out once in the night, it did not go on. Using the 50 decibels for the noise quota for Concorde would allow goodness knows how many 747s to go in and out during the night, so there will be continual noise. There is something bizarre in this. Are you able to do anything about this? It is serious in south London and...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

This is very interesting but, bringing it back to today, the Government is now using these 50 decibels of Concorde ' which went in and out over a minute ' to allow nearly 200 747s. I would be amazed if 200 were able to get in,but it would be an all night noise quota from 747s.

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

I am delighted to hear what you are saying but what I would like you to guarantee is that you would impress upon the London Employment and Skills (LES) Board that it is very important that 31% of unemployed Londoners are somehow targeted in order to gain the skills to get these jobs in the environmental industry. They are quietly content that there is no skill shortage in London because these vacancies get filled from other parts of the country or by Europeans. I am concerned that there are still their figures: 31% of Londoners unemployed. With the jobs that...

• Reference: 2007/2727
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

A constituent has had cavity wall insulation done under the British Gas/GLA scheme. When he applied for the £100 refund offered, he was told he should contact Wandsworth Council. On contacting Wandsworth he was informed that the payment comes from the GLA. On contacting the GLA again on 0845 070 5059 he was then told that Wandsworth was 'entirely wrong and were trying to avoid paying'. What is the point of these initiatives if the people running them haven't a clue about the administration ' or was this a deliberate mistake given your often voiced antipathy to Wandsworth Council? How...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Can I just ask how many London-based businesses have successfully won Olympic contracts to date?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Can I just ask what you and Visit London are doing about increasing the number of hotel rooms in London? Particularly as we move forward to 2012, it is going to be a very important issue. A very important issue would be the standard of these rooms and also the cost. Will you be investigating hotel companies that actually put their room costs up to an exorbitant rate as they move towards 2012?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

It seems like a very good scheme. Can I ask how this funding can be accessed by local communities?