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• Reference: 2013/0005-1
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

What do you perceive will be the impact on London of housing related welfare reforms - including linking the uprating of Local Housing Allowance to the Consumer Price Index rather than rent inflation and introducing under-occupation penalties - given London's existing shortages of affordable rented accommodation and overcrowding problems?

• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

I wondered if I could very quickly ask Mayor Pipe a question on the Ministerial statement yesterday on the 'bedroom tax'. It appears to me that what is being said is rather than change the actual proposals so that the categories talked about are exempt, what is being done is that the Government is asking local authorities to use discretionary payments to effectively pay that money back. Is that right? Can you explain what the process would be and, importantly, is the Government actually funding this?

• Reference: 2004/0374-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Are plans in place to deal with the aftermath of a major incident in any part of London, in particular with regards to the potential need to accommodate and provide for a large number of displaced Londoners?

• Reference: 2004/0380-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Can the communication systems of the various emergency services, and in particular the radios carried by individual staff, interface? Which emergency services have radios that can work underground? When will the new MPS radio system 'Airwave' be operational?