• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: I would like to address my questions to Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe as well. Good morning, Jules. The Mayor has stated that through his strengthening of the planning process in London, London is already ahead of the national building standards in the amount of carbon saved when constructing new homes. That was one of the points that Deputy Mayor Tom Copley referred to when he was talking about overall housing supply. However, what I would like to know is whether or not that strengthening of the London Plan and the planning process is on its own enough...

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Marina Ahmad AM: My question is to the Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe. As we know, London is the engine of the UK economy and accounts for almost a quarter of the country’s economic output. The coming years are going to be dominated by how London responds to the pandemic and the damage it has caused the city, which is why the Mayor’s manifesto focused on the recovery needs of the city and talked about jobs, jobs, jobs. Deputy Mayor, what do we need from the planning system to support the Mayor’s aim of protecting jobs as our city recovers from...

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: My question is for Deputy Mayor Pipe. Jules, how will the new London Plan and its Supplementary Planning Guidance help to deliver on your promises to Londoners?

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning. My question is to Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe, regarding building safety. For many of us, particularly the victims’ families, Grenfell Tower is scarred into our memories and the pursuit for justice continues. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report found that in the context of national legislation there was compelling evidence ‑ and I quote ‑ that, “[T]he external walls of the building failed to comply with Requirement B4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010, in that they did not adequately resist the spread of the fire having regard to the height, use...

• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Anne Clarke AM: My first question is to Deputy Mayor Copley. How can Londoners be better served by the current system of temporary accommodation?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Zack Polanski AM: My question is also for Daniel. I am speaking to you from the Chamber at City Hall, which is on one of the more notorious public‑private spaces, More London, and we are shortly going to be moving to The Crystal. My first question is: who actually owns the land that The Crystal is on? Is it one of the GLA’s pocket strategic development sites? Is it owned by the developer Advanced Business Park? Is it someone else entirely?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Caroline Russell AM: I want to put my question to Daniel Bridge, the Programme Director for the Royal Docks team. City Airport sits in the heart of the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone. What impact is it having on the health of people already living in the area, and are you doing any work to address this?

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning. I would like to ask a question to Deputy Mayor Pipe, if I may, about family housing. It seems to me that if we are mainly building one and two‑bedroom properties, then that is what families will be living in, and they will be living in overcrowded conditions in those flats. We have seen particularly over the last year how big a problem that can be. People often imagine they are going to move out of inner London into outer London when they start a family, and they might be surprised to discover that that...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Deputy Mayor. It is nice to see you again. I just want to ask you a few very simple questions. How many GLA‑funded affordable homes do you intend to build each year?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: My question is for Deputy Mayor Tom Copley. Maybe we should have a little reset in terms of levels of politeness. The 2016 Affordable Housing Programme will build 116,000 affordable homes for £4.82 billion while the 2021 Affordable Housing Programme will build 82,000 for £4 billion. I just heard you mention rising building costs and so I am sure that is one of the reasons, but why does it cost just under £49,000 to fund an affordable home today when it cost £41,500 in 2016? What has changed?