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• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 20 July 2011

I have two issues in mind. The first is with street signage on public transport. As a tourist at Athens and at Beijing, I found that very useful in my experience of those cities. I am just wondering whether any thought has been put into that in the London context over and above what the ambassadors will be doing on the street level.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 24 October 2007

Just coming back to the issue of the figures for housing, I think it would have been useful to have had someone from the Housing Corporation explain those figures because I have had difficulties getting some idea of what their methodology is on that front and it will undoubtedly become an annual political football. Coming to what I wanted to raise with Neale: the unimplemented planning permissions. Where do you think the explanation lies for that? Is it the five year limit on planning permissions? Is there not the building capacity to build them out? It would be useful, given...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 24 October 2007

Neale, you missed out housing cooperatives. They are based on mutuality. They are an obvious model for intermediate housing, particular for young people.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 24 October 2007

Just one more point: the Tenant Management Organisation (TMOs). The Mayor will have responsibility for the Decent Homes programmes now, I understand. Presumably he will be keener on TMOs than going through local authorities, because of their involvement in the management. As Val said, the issue of quality of service is as important as the quantity of housing available.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 24 October 2007

Just going back to this question of different kinds of housing, what place will housing co-operatives, tenant management organisations and Black and Minority Ethnic Registered Social Landlords have in the Mayor's overall strategy?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

I wanted to react to a point that Jenny Jones (AM) made and to then ask a question because I feel very disheartened that she feels that nothing is happening, as Jenny said, on Green Grids, particularly when Darren (Johnson, AM) told me during the budgetary process that agreement with the Mayor would get things done rather than agreement with the Assembly on the budgetary process. Is Jenny right when she says that nothing is being done on Green Grid?

• Reference: 2002/0350-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

The Mayor's Planning Department recently sent a letter to Sutton Borough Council calling on them to increase their targets for affordable housing in their UDP, among other matters. What action could the Mayor take to ensure that Sutton comply ? .

• Reference: 2002/0277-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

What role is there for the GLA in combating secondary smoking? .

• Reference: 2002/0278-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

What role is there for the GLA in backing the battle against TB? .

• Reference: 2002/0279-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

There is a very strong head of steam growing amongst business in South London worried about the Mayor's Draft Plan. Businesses in South London are concerned that the London Plan seems to indicate that an unbalanced approach is being taken over land use. They are very concerned that too much land will be used for housing, leaving little space available for expansion of the business sector. What advice can you give to the Mayor to offset this concern ? .