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Update since September 2017 plenary

  • Reference: 2018/1693
  • Question by: Navin Shah
  • Meeting date: 05 July 2018
Please could you provide an update of the OPDC’s work since you last met the Assembly in September 2017?

Oral Update on the Report of the Mayor

  • Reference: 2018/1697
  • Question by: Tony Arbour
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Tony Arbour AM (Chairman): The Mayor will now provide an oral update of up to five minutes in length on matters occurring since the publication of his report. We have had a request for a matter for inclusion within the Mayor’s oral report, which is from David Kurten [AM], who wants an update on why the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) decided to close down the Lewisham East by-election hustings on the evening of Tuesday, 12 June 2018. Mr Mayor.

Plastic Bottles

  • Reference: 2018/1691
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Would the Mayor support the Norwegian model of deposit bottle scheme whereby the person returning the bottle can opt to give the return amount to charity?

Help-to-buy Loans

  • Reference: 2018/1690
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Should help-to-buy loans in London follow the Welsh example of allowing those buying greener properties for the first time to borrow more?

Private Rented Sector

  • Reference: 2018/1689
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
With numbers of households not expecting to buy their own home having gone up by 50% since 2010, what impact will this have long term on the private-rented sector?

Sofa-surfing

  • Reference: 2018/1688
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Does the Mayor have figures on the numbers of people 'sofa-surfing' in London? If so, how many of these are registered as homeless?

Oyster Card Charges

  • Reference: 2018/1687
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
How many foreign visitors to London lose money due to being charged maximum fare because they don't touch out correctly? Does this money get repaid if they have ordered their Oyster card in advance?

Norwood Junction Station

  • Reference: 2018/1686
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
A constituent has asked me whether you could urge your new Deputy Mayor for Transport to prioritise making Norwood Junction station step free?

Train Networks

  • Reference: 2018/1685
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
How can confidence be restored in the train networks in and out of London following the timetable changes?

Safer Cycling

  • Reference: 2018/1684
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
In your Transport Strategy, you said you would transform the experience of walking and cycling in central London by reducing the dominance of vehicular traffic, including the transformation of Oxford Street. With plans for the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street rejected by Westminster Council, how do you propose to continue with your vision of healthy streets when this flagship scheme has been delayed?
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