• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, your memory has let you down before on other issues but on this issue, it is very recent. It was your Deputy Mayor's first meeting in front of us. Did he tell you or not?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

He was acting on your behalf. Did you know before?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, the legislation is clear that the Police and Crime Committee clearly invited the Commissioner to our meetings to explain operational matters and that we can investigate any other matters we confidently feel are important to police in crime reduction. Were you aware beforehand that your Deputy Mayor had advised the Commissioner not to attend our meeting and did you clear that?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

A couple points on this that Joanne [McCartney] just picked up and her words were actually correct, 'How we used to operate' and unfortunately, you will agree that the legislation that has been foisted upon us that the Deputy Mayor has to deal with has changed the terrain of the debate of scrutiny, which is the point you have just made. First of all, would you not agree with me that the points initially made about notice are rather odd because it is my understanding of fact, and would you agree, Mr Mayor, that your Deputy Mayor did try to...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, you are right to say that, but the reality is that, if you look at your manifesto, you are only committed to another 20,000 homes to be retrofitted over this term, annually, it is not quite clear, when you had a target of 200,000 in the previous term and got to 65,000 this year. I would have thought at least a similar figure of 65,000 this year, given that a major contraction of the house construction industry occurred in the first quarter of almost 5%. It is a missed opportunity, not only to boost the green economy, but...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Can you just tell me then, have you dropped the 200,000 target for this year?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

How many nurses at Guy's Hospital do you think can afford one of those properties, or how many consultants?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Yes, but this does not include the sort of properties, the sort of people you were talking about earlier on today, the people who are in work poverty, for example, could possibly aspire to have. Because of your attitude towards social housing, and you may have some more questions on that later on, the fact remains that your policy of affordable housing does nothing for most Londoners.

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Nicky Gavron (AM): Mayor, half the need Jennette Arnold (Chair): Just hold on until we can have some respect and quiet for your question, Assembly Member Gavron. Thank you. Nicky Gavron (AM): Mayor, half the need, from your own housing assessment, half the need for affordable housing is for people on very low incomes and, as you rightly pointed out, this month you are consulting on a policy that changes the definition of affordable housing and there was a bit you did not quote that says that it will no longer be at a cost low enough for them, that...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

When you wrote for Nottingham Housing Association's First Steps website, 'This website is London's gateway to affordable home ownership', did you know that on the website, for a shared ownership three bed over the shops property near Guy's Hospital, required income to qualify was £104,250?