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• Reference: 2019/19852
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

What can you do to help houseboat communities threatened by unscrupulous freeholders and developers that impose arbitrary increases in rents and fees?

• Reference: 2019/19853
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Following concerning reports in Inside Housing that significant numbers of Right to Buy sales are carried out fraudulently, will you work with authorities and housing associations in London to better prevent the illegal loss of vital social housing?

• Reference: 2019/19854
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Chancellor’s Spending Round in September announced no new funding for the Local Housing Allowance, which has been frozen since 2016. What has the impact of this been on Londoners, and what will the impact be if this continues beyond 2020?

• Reference: 2019/19855
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

How many schools in London are known to feature the Anomaly Group digital advertising billboards ( https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/boris-johnson-quizzed-about-brex… ), highlighted by Stella Creasy MP’s question to the Government?

• Reference: 2019/19856
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Of the schools in London with these digital advertising billboards, how many featured the so-called ‘Brexit propaganda’ ( https://www.tes.com/news/mp-condemns-brexit-propaganda-schools ) referred to by Stella Creasy MP?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Tom Copley AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, sorry, I did not quite catch the last bit you said. Could you remind us what has happened to local authority budgets since 2010 under successive Conservative Governments?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Tom Copley AM: Thank you, Chair. In terms of housing infrastructure, Mr Mayor, I would have thought our priority should be public transport infrastructure, things like Crossrail 2 and devolution of metro services to London rather than car parking. I wanted to ask you a quick question on the compulsory purchase of land, which is often the barrier to delivering both new housing and new infrastructure. Both Labour and the Conservative parties in 2017 pledged to reform compulsory purchase laws to make it easier for local councils to buy land for housing and for infrastructure. I wondered if you have...

• Reference: 2019/17764
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Following my question 2019/14462 regarding the 1,802, 2,462 and 1,150 “open market” homes funded by the GLA in the past three years, could you tell me how many of them were for private market sale, broken down by tenure (freehold, share of freehold, leasehold, commonhold)?

• Reference: 2019/17575
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Following your recent analysis that private renters are less likely to be registered to vote in London, what steps can you take to work with London Boroughs to drive up registration ahead of elections in London next May and a possible General Election at any moment?

• Reference: 2019/17576
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Your recent analysis about private renters and voter registration is timely and important. It also highlights how frequently private renters have to move in London. Not having a stable address can sometimes make it harder to get ID. Is there also a concern that the Government current Voter ID pilots and future proposals may make it harder still for London’s private renters to have their voices heard?