• 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?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Tony Devenish AM: Good morning, Deputy Mayor Copley. On what date will you have finished all 116,000 affordable homes that you were meant to have started five years ago?

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Siân Berry AM: My questions are to the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development. I have two issues to raise with you about the more ground‑up activities under your remit. First of all, the London Housing Panel was set up in 2019 to provide London’s voluntary and community sector organisations with a structured forum to consider housing issues and engage in dialogue with the Mayor, the Assembly and other decision makers. You have said now, just two years later, that it will have its funding removed next March [2022]. I want to ask today whether you would reconsider this...

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Hina Bokhari AM: Shared ownership has been a key part of London’s housing and planning model for the last two decades. Today I want to ask questions about how it is working for ordinary Londoners. I will start by asking Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe about planning for shared ownership homes in mixed developments. There were widespread reports recently of residents enjoying the world’s first swimming pool suspended between two buildings at the Embassy Gardens development in Wandsworth. However, the benefits of this facility are not equal as the shared owners in the building are not allowed to access it. This...

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Mr Mayor, one of the things we have learned is that your inner London zone has improved the air quality about 30%, and the air quality report on the Silvertown Tunnel was put out to public inquiry, which was not challenged. What lessons can we draw from that?

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Hina Bokhari AM: Mr Mayor, in terms of key decisions, my big concern is around the economy and employment, and how we can better support the older Londoners who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. What will you do to improve the training and reskilling of Londoners over 40 and 50 and support their access to adult education to get back into the workplace?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Susan Hall AM: A very quick one, please, for Andy Roe. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has identified several areas for improvement and I will talk to you at length about those another time. One, though, is providing practical training exercises at high-rise buildings for incident commanders and so on. You have mentioned 8,000 high-rise buildings in London. Can you tell me, have you at least sorted out that particular issue that the HMICFRS were concerned about?