• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you, Chair. I would like to address my question to Deputy Mayor, Fiona Twycross and John Barradell. We have covered a lot of ground this morning; lots of different areas that we have looked at. I just wondered if you could set out, for the Assembly, what you believe are the main challenges and the most pressing issues for the SCG going forward? This is a bit of forward look. I know it is quite hard because we are still in the middle of everything at the moment, but it would be great if you could...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Sem Moema AM: My question is for Lyn. What changes have you made to ensure that there is genuinely affordable housing across LLDC so that we can deliver a mixed community? I am aware that the profile of your development there has changed from around 9% affordable housing in 2014 to about 34%, which is just a shade under the London Plan [target], which is excellent, but obviously there is more that could be done. I would be interested in your views on that question.

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much. My question is to John Barradell. In the first lockdown, it is quite clear that local authorities played a major role, albeit with some mixed messages coming from central Government about what they should be doing or not doing. What is different in the second wave in terms of some of the issues they were performing in getting food and prescriptions to people? You might identify other gaps in support that were taking place in the first lockdown.

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: To you formally, Sir Peter, but maybe Lyn [Garner] might be able to answer this question. The Panel has already been asked questions about community engagement, but I have still got to put this to you. How far does LLDC engage with the local community to ensure that they are benefitting from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the Olympic legacy?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Marina Ahmad AM: Good morning, panel. My question is for Peter. Peter, you touched on the issue of East Bank previously. Can you provide an update on how the actual scheme is progressing, particularly focusing on when the first venues will be opening, and progression on the residential part of the development, please?

• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Anne Clarke AM: Peter, what steps are you taking to ensure that venues in the Park such as the [ArcelorMittal] Orbit, the velodrome and the [London] Aquatics Centre are financially sustainable post-COVID?

• Question by: Alison Moore
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My first question is to Fiona Twycross, if I may, but before I ask that could I reiterate the thanks to all the guests and their colleagues for the work they are doing? Fiona, how will you ensure that Londoners living in poverty or on the verge of poverty are supported and receive the essentials during this second wave and the more infectious strain, particularly in light of the challenge around self-isolation during lockdown?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Caroline Russell AM: Lyn, this is a question for you and I would like to talk about the toilets. This is an issue that the [London Assembly’s] Health Committee has been investigating and we are going to be publishing our report next week. From the feedback that we have received and from the available data on the issue, we know that London is very short of loos. The Mayor has laid out some clear direction in his new London Plan on toilets, although he has not actually stipulated the numbers of toilets that we need. Can you outline the provision...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Agrawal, you mentioned earlier about how the roads were being changed in order to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians. Will the Mayor be taking further into account the interests of disabled people? These changes have actually negatively affected many disabled people, but they have not had the opportunity to comment on them. Can you assure me that things will change in the future, and that disabled people will be fully consulted when changes in the road network are considered?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Tony Devenish AM: In my five years on the Assembly, of all the Mayoral bodies it comes up time and time again that LLDC in terms of community engagement is not terribly responsive. “Opaque” is another word I have been asked to use, “tick box consultation”. I wanted to read back to you a letter that one of your team had written to a community group only very recently where you had to hold your hands up because you had not uploaded an awful lot of documents related to the application on the online planning register. You did not apologise...