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Bus Safety Programme

  • Reference: 2017/5096
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
Your latest TfL business plan says TfL are already trialling new technologies as part of their bus safety programme. Can you provide more details on what technologies you are trialling?

Government planning review

  • Reference: 2017/5095
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
How will you engage in the Government's urgent review of planning permissions, which will be chaired by Oliver Letwin MP and report back to Parliament in spring next year?

HRA cap (3)

  • Reference: 2017/5094
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
Do you believe the Government's proposed changes to the HRA borrowing cap match the aspirations of London councils which are delivering new social homes for the first time in decades and have ambitions to do far more?

HRA cap (2)

  • Reference: 2017/5093
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
What impact do you believe the Government's proposed changes to the HRA borrowing cap will have in London, as councils must bid to borrow from a total fund of just £1 billion and will have to wait until 2019/20 to use any additional powers they are granted?

HRA cap (1)

  • Reference: 2017/5092
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
Do you think that the Government's failure to lift the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) cap for all London councils was an opportunity missed to increase housing supply in the capital?

Empty Homes

  • Reference: 2017/5091
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
How many empty homes in London do you estimate will be brought back to use following the Government's announcement in the Autumn Budget to allow local authorities to increase the council tax premium from 50 per cent to 100 per cent?

Stamp Duty Land Tax (2)

  • Reference: 2017/5090
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
The Office for Budget Responsibility expects the Government's relief of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) would benefit just 3,500 additional first-time buyer purchases, adding that the measure is expected to increase house prices. What is your estimate for the number of additional first time buyer purchases in London generated from this policy?

Stamp Duty Land Tax (1)

  • Reference: 2017/5089
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
The Office for Budget Responsibility expects the Government's relief of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) would benefit just 3,500 additional first-time buyer purchases, adding that the measure is expected to increase house prices. Are you concerned that the Government's policy will inflate London houses prices for first-time buyers?

Volumetric trucks (2)

  • Reference: 2017/5086
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
Can the Mayor confirm if these unregulated volumetric concrete mixers will be subject to the new HGV rules within the Ultra Low Emissions Zone or will be permitted to continue operating in London with no emissions restrictions?

Volumetric trucks

  • Reference: 2017/5085
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
Is the Mayor aware that there are up to 250 vehicles called volumetric concrete mixers using roads in London which are relatively unregulated in that, unlike the more familiar concrete mixers with rotating drums, their drivers do not have to adhere to HGV drivers hours limits, the vehicles do not have to meet HGV weight limits and are substantially overweight, and these operators do not require HGV Operator's Licences?
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