• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. I wondered if I could ask you, Liz, about the governance issues. In particular, are you confident that the OPDC has the correct governance arrangements and the capacity to simultaneously negotiate public land transfer and co-ordinate the development now occurring on private land?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. I want to ask about the National Audit Office (NAO) report last year. It was reported in that report that the DfT had asked HS2 to assess the impact of extending the timetable for phase one up to 12 months. I am just wondering what impact that would have on your development schedule?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. I have three specific questions I would like to ask you. To fulfil your vision, your modelling shows you are going to need a nursery in place by 2020 and another two years later. I am pleased you have made progress on this in your work. We are rapidly approaching 2018 now. Are you confident the funding is going to be in place and that they will be completed on time?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Good morning. I also have a few questions on the Healthy Streets agenda. The Mayor’s draft Transport Strategy says: “It is essential that a new street network is developed using the Healthy Streets approach to make walking and cycling the first choice across the area.” It also says: “High quality and reliable bus links to and through the area from existing residential communities will also be required to ensure that everyone benefits from the proposals at Old Oak.” How do you balance the competing demands for road space from both these priorities?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

Len Duvall AM: In terms of following up that conversation, Mr Mayor, you are right to point out you have no statutory role but in the last year you have done quite a lot, not just in terms of reorganising the portfolio of your Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare but in speaking out for issues and also making some small contributions in terms of supporting schools. I too share your worries and concerns about the future, as well as ‑ as you have said, rightly so ‑ some of the distractions. We have real problems coming up here, on...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

Quickly, Mr Mayor, in terms of challenges to policing following the awful case of the grooming gang in Newcastle on the news yesterday, will you be asking for a review of the MPS’s resources in its child abuse teams?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, there were 6,000 new cases of FGM last year. Half of those are likely to be in London. Why is there nobody in jail?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

Susan Hall AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, I completely agree with Assembly Member Arnold on this one. It should be a standalone policy because you go back years and years and the work our colleagues have done has been incredible on this. It really needs more emphasis. Fifty per cent in London is nothing short of shocking. You often talk about marathons, not sprints. I would suggest we need now a sprint on this because, as far as I can see, nobody has been convicted and yet there are all these offences being caused. Will you please look again, as...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

Thank you, Chair. It was very interesting that you say you have been to Brussels and you have met Tajani, Verhofstadt and other chief negotiators. My understanding is that they are asking this country, which we are the capital city of, for €100 billion or £85 billion just to get negotiations going. Do you not think it would be absolutely ludicrous to pay that amount of money just to be able to negotiate?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

Thank you, Chair. Yes, Mr Mayor, in January [2017] I asked you about the Helmsley Art Centre, which is related to the topic of this question. I did appreciate your answer and you expressed your concern for the businesses that would have to relocate, as Haringey Council was going to redevelop the Art Centre that Assembly Member Whittle and I went to visit. You said you were going to write to Haringey Council. Did you hear anything back?