• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Andrew Dismore AM: Mr Mayor, what would be the impact on London’s economy of increasing the salary threshold for overseas workers coming here to £36,700, as proposed by the new Conservative Home Secretary Priti Patel?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Tom Copley AM: Thank you, Chair. In terms of housing infrastructure, Mr Mayor, I would have thought our priority should be public transport infrastructure, things like Crossrail 2 and devolution of metro services to London rather than car parking. I wanted to ask you a quick question on the compulsory purchase of land, which is often the barrier to delivering both new housing and new infrastructure. Both Labour and the Conservative parties in 2017 pledged to reform compulsory purchase laws to make it easier for local councils to buy land for housing and for infrastructure. I wondered if you have...

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Tom Copley AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, sorry, I did not quite catch the last bit you said. Could you remind us what has happened to local authority budgets since 2010 under successive Conservative Governments?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Earlier you said you welcomed the Prime Minister’s U-turn on cuts to police numbers and police funding. Is it not the case that in fact the cuts to the MPS have been greater than they needed because when he was sitting in that chair he refused to raise the police precept to pay for additional officers?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr Mayor, I am delighted that you believe yourself to be the most pro black taxi Mayor of all. You obviously do not look at your Twitter. In your manifesto, Mr Mayor, you promised - let me just have a look at the manifesto here - “special privileges built in, as they always have been, for those who become a licensed London taxi driver”. You also mentioned retaining “the exclusive right of licensed black taxi drivers to use bus lanes and ply for hire”. You promised special privileges to the black cab drivers...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: I am increasingly concerned as to whether Stratford Station can safely meet growing passenger demand. Stratford Station is dangerously overcrowded, with well over 40 million passengers using the station a year, from only 12 million a decade ago. I understand plans to address overcrowding are looking solely at Stratford regional station, yet Stratford International could help relieve the situation. What are you doing to look at expanding the use of Stratford International Station to deal with this increase in demand?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Keith Prince AM: Thank you. Just going back to the MLB, you said that you washed your face with that one. It made a slight profit, I believe you said.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Andrew Boff AM: How much is the public subsidy for the Stadium?

• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Peter Whittle AM: Thank you, Deputy Chairman. Lyn, could I ask you a few questions about the Cultural Quarter, carrying on from Assembly Member Shah and Assembly Member Bacon? You mentioned earlier the BBC, Sadler’s Wells, the V&A. Is that all set in stone now? Is that the final count, as it were?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Nicky Gavron AM: Thank you. I would really appreciate it if you could try to make the answer succinct because we are quite short of time. I wanted to focus on play and recreation facilities for children and young people, because one of the key promises of the Olympics was the legacy for children and young people. If I start by just trying to be clear about the numbers of children that are on the Queen Elizabeth Park in the residential development, the Local Plan review evidence base 2017 says there will be 10,000 households and 4,000 children. Is that...