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  • Planning (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2010
    Minister, there is quite a geographical expansion of the Mayor's powers with the Port of London Authority (PLA), going into the Thames Estuary. I just wanted to know whether it was the intention, or is the intention, to get the Mayor involved in planning issues to deal with wind farms, changing shipping channels or even airports. Is that the thrust of this? I just want to know where we are going with this.
  • London Assembly Powers and Resources (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2010
    I just want to put on the record for the purpose of the minutes that there is substantial agreement around this table on a lot of the points that are being raised. We agree that the MPA should be following an LFEPA model; we agree that strategies should be subject to rejection by the Assembly on a two thirds majority and we agree that bodies should have elected representation on them if possible rather than being entirely appointed. Something else we would like to see is more cases of ministers being accountable to this body and coming to give evidence...
  • Relationship with Mayor's Office (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2010
    I have got a question about planning and the historic environment. We are just running out of time so I think the best way forward, Bob, is if I could invite you to join me in visiting the historic site of Shakespeare's first theatre. This is not in south London as people would think, but in Shoreditch. Why I would like you to do that is that you will then see the importance about planning at a local level, but also the need for some assurance to be given that a site like that could be preserved. I am just...