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Leaseholds for Community Land Trusts

  • Reference: 2017/3659
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
The government's plans to reform the sale of new homes on a leasehold basis has raised concerns for Community Land Trust models. Will the Mayor respond to the current DCLG consultation on these grounds and how can the GLA work with London's CLT sector to ensure legislation protects the ability of CLTs to provide affordable housing in perpetuity?

Grenfell Tower Inquiry

  • Reference: 2017/3658
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
Does the Mayor believe the terms of the Grenfell Tower public inquiry to be adequate?

Garden Bridge (5)

  • Reference: 2017/3657
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
Now that the Garden Bridge has been cancelled we need to see what is salvageable. Will you call for immediate transparency of the Garden Bridge Trust accounts so you, TfL and the public are fully able to see what public expenditure can be returned and what exactly has been spent, and on what?

Garden Bridge (4)

  • Reference: 2017/3656
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
Now that the Garden Bridge Trust have decided to wind down, will you support the call from the local councillors and Member of Parliament for a formal public inquiry into the project?

Garden Bridge (3)

  • Reference: 2017/3655
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
What lessons have been learnt by TfL from the whole Garden Bridge debacle? Will you now publish full TfL documentation, including minutes from Garden Bridge Trust meetings which TfL either attended or were sent, fully unredacted?

Garden Bridge (2)

  • Reference: 2017/3654
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
The Hodge report stated that the timing of the signing of the construction contract for the Garden Bridge was chosen for political reasons. Given the large sums of taxpayer cash that has been lost, and the legal duty placed upon the trustees to ensure the sound financial management of the organisation, will you call for the Garden Bridge trustees to be investigated by the Charity Commission to ensure that all remaining public monies are returned and that a full report into the management of the Trust since its beginning is published??

Garden Bridge (1)

  • Reference: 2017/3653
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
Does it concern you that because a charity was set up to deliver it, the Garden Bridge project was not subject to Freedom of Information requests? Will you request that the Garden Bridge Trust make any information that a public body would have to release under the Freedom of Information Act available to the public upon request?

Tree planting

  • Reference: 2017/3652
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
Trees which had been intended for the Garden Bridge are currently being grown in nurseries across the UK. As these have been purchased and lovingly grown with public money, will you now take ownership of these and donate them to community gardeners, pocket parks and schools across the capital to genuinely offer the green benefit which the Bridge would not have offered?

Public Space Protection Orders

  • Reference: 2017/3651
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
PSPOs are being used for a variety of purposes by different London Boroughs. Does the Mayor agree that they can have a positive environmental impact?

Zero-Emission Capable Taxis:

  • Reference: 2017/3650
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2017
A constituent would like to know what modelling has been done on the impact on air quality of the introduction of the Zero-Emission Capable Taxis - does this show the impact at low, medium and high take-up rates?
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