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• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 24 October 2012

Stephen Knight (AM): To pick you up on the point you have just made around the high property values in London, compared, I believe with most other developed countries, we have very few property and wealth taxes in this country; we predominantly focus on income and sales taxes. I just wondered to what extent you think the high cost of housing in London is partly driven by the fact that it is a tax free growth area for people, by which I mean it is a tax free investment and therefore that has partly driven the speculation that has driven...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 24 October 2012

Goodness me. I think this is a very worthwhile debate although it may seem a bit arid to some observers and we need to make sure we do not get too academic about it. Would you agree with me that around the world probably the single greatest source of income for city governments tends to be, in one shape or form, from properties? You have said a couple of times now that property taxes are so visible and so potent that virtually all political parties play 'chicken' with each other. Well, the opposite of 'chicken'; they are scared to look...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 24 October 2012

Nicky Gavron (AM): While we are on land and talking about the planning system, currently the Assembly's Planning Committee is looking at the community infrastructure levy (CIL). That is, to a certain extent, a fixed charge, although there are lots of complications because it is set different in different boroughs and there is not necessarily a duty to cooperate and so on. On top of that is the Mayor's own CIL. I was wondering, this CIL is for Crossrail, but is the Commission going to look beyond that to the way CIL might be used by the Mayor in the...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 24 October 2012

In the same spirit, how far are you going to frame for the Mayor any of the mechanisms he might be thinking about for the comprehensive spending review for London?

• Reference: 2008/0577
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

In your 3rd term, will you be working with Housing Associations who fail to consult on major regeneration proposals if they approach you for funding of the affordable housing elements?

• Reference: 2008/0587
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Given that up to 40% of food packaging still cannot be recycled, what efforts have you made, as part of your Food Strategy, to work with the supermarkets towards achieving closed loop recycling and materials systems in their business practices?

• Reference: 2008/0615
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

While your proposals to make Windsor House and 55 Broadway more environmentally sustainable are welcome, can you make a statement on how much longer you intend that Transport for London and London Underground will occupy these buildings?

• Reference: 2008/0617
• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

What would be the cost in a full year of employing staff on 'bendy' buses to check tickets and bear down on anti-social behaviour ?

• Reference: 2008/0632
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Since you have been so insistent in the past that LFEPA's board should be representative of the community it serves why would you have "grave" concerns about the appointment of a black woman to the board?

• Reference: 2008/0475
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Will the Mayor please confirm the total cost to the London Development Agency of seeking legal counsel relating to the summons to appear before the extraordinary meeting of the London Assembly on 7th February 2008?