• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Steve O’Connell AM: If I could ask a question on a slightly more positive note, the other side of the coin, getting away from nutrition and American multinational companies, is about activity and exercise. Professor the Lord Darzi (Chair, London Health Commission): Absolutely. Steve O’Connell AM: That is something I would like you to comment on because there has been for far too long a generational shift in schools perhaps away from good activities, particularly in schools in areas of deprivation, it often is the case. Will you be commenting and observing on that in your recommendations?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Steve O’Connell AM: It certainly is, as I have said in this Chamber from time to time, that the Mayor gets beaten up around his policy on air quality but it is reassuring to hear that your comments are that we have the right leadership and the right set of proposals, although we do indeed need to accelerate that improvement across London. I pick up your point, which I welcome, that it would be good to perhaps compare and contrast London boroughs and their performance because we very much need to drill down on how boroughs can perform and, in...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Jenny Jones AM: Thank you. Lord Darzi, I think you will find there is a lot of agreement around the table that air pollution is something that really ought to come under your Commission. I did not quite understand. Are you saying that you are undertaking work at the moment on this? You have started work?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Joanne McCartney AM: I just want to come back to the role of strategic oversights of health services in London. Lord Darzi, you said earlier that issues cannot be dealt with by local boroughs and commissioning groups or the health and wellbeing boards. You gave estates as an example. You have also stated that one of the legacies of the strategic oversight for London was the reconfiguration of stroke services. I am just wondering, in the future, given that we have national and local, what is there now in London to deliver that pace of change? If we do not...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Murad Qureshi AM: I am just going to bring up issues around the A&E services in London. Is not the ongoing all-year crisis with A&E services in London good evidence that we need pan-London leadership to get the situation under control?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Fiona Twycross AM: I have a question on co-commissioning. I have a point of clarification before I ask my question which is on co-commissioning which, is about the examples of groups with different needs and whether you have it broken down.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Joanne McCartney AM: I was just going to pick up on something you said earlier, that when we are changing any aspect of the health system it is essential that we build the trust and confidence of the public and patients. We have all been out supporting our local hospitals that are at risk of closure, and it is very emotive when you talk about changing healthcare provision. I know from my experience of ChaseFarm, for example, that one of the requirements of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel was that primary care and access to primary and community care had to...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Andrew Dismore AM: I would like to raise with you the challenge of a growing population. It does not seem to figure in your charts. In London the Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates that we are going to see a 13% growth in population up until 2022. If you channel that down, you see in Barnet, one of the areas I represent, that the population is one of the fastest growing in the country, sixth highest in the country, going from 264,000 to 422,000. If we narrow that down even further to one ward, Colindale, the population there is...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Nicky Gavron AM: Sir Howard, it is going back a bit to when you were talking about the hub-and-spoke and the point of having those connected flights. What is the proportion of short-haul flights going from Heathrow?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Tony Arbour AM: The everyday aggravation which is caused by Heathrow to local residents is not just noise and what has been indicated is the considerable amount of traffic which causes congestion to local centres. Any expansion of Heathrow of necessity means there will be an increase in that traffic. You just made a reference to the congestion zone. My understanding of the congestion zone proposal by Heathrow is predicated on there being a fourth runway in addition to the one which is being proposed. Roger Evans AM (Chairman): That is the first question. Tony Arbour AM: I did mention...