• Reference: 2015/3790
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

What is the present position concerning a bus service for Finchley Memorial Hospital?

• Reference: 2015/3789
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

A constituent has written to me to complain that she has been unable to purchase a travelcard zones 1-9 from her local station, Oakleigh Park, which is operated by Thameslink and Great Northern. Neither is this ticket available from the station vending machines. The issue seems to be that this ticket type is not programmed into the rail computer system. Why, if we are supposed to have an integrated transport system, are Network Rail's systems not programmed to include a zone 1-9 travelcard; when this anomaly will be corrected; and how can she claim the difference in fare between what...

• Reference: 2015/3788
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Further to Question No: 2015/3507 'One of your flagship projects Mayor of London's First Steps Project is part funding the 'regeneration' of Spur Road/Stonegrove estate Edgware. Are you aware that the construction standards are poor, and that repairs are not effected properly , and complaints to Barratts and Family Mosaic ignored or not satisfactorily dealt with, including frequently interrupted heating and hot water supply, poor noise insulation, badly built roofs ( one blew off entirely), and flooding in the car park likely to lead to damp problems. Residents have written to you about these issues. Do you think it right...

• Reference: 2015/3787
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Residents in the properties formerly owned by MOPAC are now on assured shorthold tenancies generally for a twelve month period. While in your reply to my previous questions on this you state that the proper relationship is between Crown Simmons and the tenant your Deputy Mayor for Policing, Stephen Greenhalgh previously talked about a 'new approach so that eviction of long-standing tenants, some of whom are key workers, cannot arise in future. The Metropolitan Police is not a landlord, but it is right that we find new owners for sites like this that can give tenants the security they deserve'...

• Reference: 2015/3786
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

While the GLA does not have powers to set different tenancy standards, could it use funding and planning powers to influence tenancy conditions so long as they are in conformity with national planning policies and regulatory practices?

• Reference: 2015/3785
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Do you think that when estate regeneration takes place there should be a requirement for proceeds to be reinvested in that London Borough?

• Reference: 2015/3784
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Do you think Councils in London should have the power to approve estate demolitions, rather than just be consulted?

• Reference: 2015/3783
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Would you support the right of housing association tenants in London to be balloted when an estate regeneration/demolition is proposed?

• Reference: 2015/3782
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

What safeguards are in place if estate regeneration is approved to protect the square foot and bedroom sizes of units charging a social rent in London?

• Reference: 2015/3781
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

The HCA Tenancy Standard (2012) states that tenants moved to alternative accommodation should have no less security of tenure. What safeguards are in place if estate regeneration is approved to protect social rents for existing tenants in London?