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UNESCO Geopark

  • Reference: 2020/2872
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Will you join with me in congratulating Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority Andy Street, for the Black Country being chosen by Unesco as a geopark. This will aid their tourism, why didn't you champion London as an alternative? Can you still do so?

Over 75s TV License

  • Reference: 2020/2871
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Do you condemn the scrapping of the free TV license for over 75s by the BBC and how many Londoners are expected to suffer from this decision?

London NHS Volunteers (1)

  • Reference: 2020/2870
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
How many NHS volunteers have been given assignments in London since the start of the pandemic, what have you as Mayor done to engage with these volunteers and what plans do you have to do so in the future?

Post Office Temporary Closure

  • Reference: 2020/2869
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Can the GLA liaise with the Post Office, WH Smith and the Council to find a solution to the temporary closure of the Post Office, caused by the development of Kings Mall, Hammersmith? This appears to be an example of a lack of "joined up" thinking between three major organisations to the detriment of Hammersmith residents (especially the elderly and disabled) and business at a time when we all need to keep our distance whilst getting the economy back to normal.

London Fire Brigade

  • Reference: 2020/2868
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Does the Mayor support calls by the National Fire Chiefs Council and Lord Greenhalgh for body-worn cameras to be made available to every fire fighter?

Retrofitting

  • Reference: 2020/2867
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Can the Mayor confirm whether or not there are further plans to expand London's ‘retrofit programme’ to further decarbonise the UK’s housing stock?

District Heating Systems

  • Reference: 2020/2866
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Does the Mayor agree or disagree that the recent successes of the Bunhill project in powering 13,500 homes through a District Heating System is evidence for the much needed growth in this technology?

Green energy

  • Reference: 2020/2865
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Does the Mayor worry that the perceptive FT journalist Jonathan Ford " Green power needs to be dense, an awkward truth for renewables" (17 August) may have a point? Has the GLA identified sites suitable for sizeable wind farms?

EWS1

  • Reference: 2020/2864
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
In view of your strategic housing role, do you share concerns about the current External Wall Fire Review (EWS1) process and its impact on the ability to buy, sell or raise a mortgage on such properties? Have you had any discussions or made any representations about this issue?

Planning technology

  • Reference: 2020/2863
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Do you think you have done enough to make housing and planning in London "Prop-Tech interactive web based friendly" since 2016? How will you lead on this in view of the ambitions of the Planning for the Future White Paper, published in August 2020?
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