• Reference: 2021/1145
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

There is a vast amount of privately owned green space in London, much of which is there for public amenity, for example, sports fields. However, CPRE London reports that many fields are being deliberately fenced off, stopping pitches from being booked, removing public access and allowing the land to become derelict, with a view to applying for planning permission once five years has passed and Sport England can no longer challenge them. What policy and legal levers are there to challenge private landowners to keep the fields in use for sports, where relevant, and open for public amenity more generally?

• Reference: 2021/1144
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

As the pandemic starts to ease and people are spending more time outdoors in public places, litter has already started to increase. Will you be launching a litter campaign as well as urging local authorities and other stakeholders to increase bin capacity in public places?

• Reference: 2021/1143
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How will you ensure that short-term population shifts as a result of the pandemic don’t influence London’s funding for the next 10 years as a result of the census?

• Reference: 2021/1142
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Al fresco dining is returning to the West End this year, where 60 roads were either closed, or pavements widened to support the economy and hospitality sector in a safe way. Will you consider introducing a seasonal policy on this in the future to enhance footfall and restaurant use?

• Reference: 2021/1141
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How many public toilets have been lost in London in the last 10 and 20 years?

• Reference: 2021/1140
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How have your planning policies supported inclusive growth in Outer London?

• Reference: 2021/1139
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

A recent study from GLA Housing & Land called ‘An analysis of housing floorspace per person’ (Feb 2021) showed that housing floorspace in the private rented sector in London fell since the 1990s. Given the importance of health and wellbeing as well as the trends of home working, what scope have you got to mitigate this?

• Reference: 2021/1136
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

What are your views about the utility of and introduction of ‘vaccine passports’?

• Reference: 2021/1135
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Does there need to be a review into all decisions made by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) into which materials are safe or not given the scandal over approval of flammable insulation? Do you have faith in the approvals granted by the BRE, and if not do you believe it is time to re-establish a public regulator?

• Reference: 2021/1134
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

As the FBU reports on twitter: “At the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, The manufacturers of Grenfell's flammable insulation, Kingspan, admitted to wrongly using a failed fire test to claim their products were safe. In 2013, 'desktop assessments' were introduced to prove products were safe to be installed on high-rise properties. But these ‘desktop assessments’ aren’t proper tests. They are only assessments that determine how safe a cladding system is *if* tested. Kingspan went onto use an insulation system that had **FAILED** a fire test to produce **29** of these ‘desktop assessments’. The failed fire test was carried out by the once...