• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 March 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Russell, please? Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. My questions are for Lord Hendy, Chair of LLDC. So, Peter, my colleagues and I have been asking questions about your district energy network, the network that is installed in the LLDC area was originally set up to use gas. The Mayor has set a target to decarbonise London by 2030, but Equans, in a road map in 2022, showed that gas would still be in use on the LLDC network up to about 2036. You do have plans to move to zero-carbon forms...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 07 March 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Sheikh, please? Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. It has been really fantastic to hear about what has been achieved so far in the LLDC and for me one of the founding aspirations, not just with the LLDC regeneration, but more broadly with regeneration in London, is to ensure that any regeneration of the area also improves the lives of local people. As I was saying, one of the founding aspirations of the LLDC regeneration was improving the lives of local people. A lot of the policies...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 07 March 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Pidgeon, please? Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: My question is to the Chair, Lord Hendy, and you have just announced your stepping down in December. Thank you for all your work on LLDC and with Lyn [Garner] as well, the Chief Exec. I want to pick up the issue of Stratford Station, which Rosanna briefly mentioned at the start. Last year you will recall I talked about Stratford Station, one of the busiest Network Rail stations in the UK, one of the busiest stations on the Transport for London (TfL) network. It is...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 07 March 2024

Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. I want to quickly just focus on housing delivery, and if I maybe start with Rosanna and then if the other two panel members have anything to add, please do free. In the 2022 Kerslake Review [into Strategic Affordable Housing Delivery in London], it was found that LLDC housing delivery team was well resourced, but housing delivery numbers were modest. Are you satisfied with the LLDC’s housing delivery? Are you satisfied it is providing good value for money? If not, what will you do to resolve this?

• Reference: 2024/4377
• Question by: Chair, London Assembly
• Meeting date: 07 March 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Now we move on to the main business of the day. It is the question and answer session with the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Joining us in the Chamber, and we are delighted to have them, is Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill [CBE], who is Chair of the LLDC, Gerry Murphy, Deputy Chief Executive of the LLDC, and Rosanna Lawes, Executive Director of Development at the LLDC. Welcome to the meeting. We will try to be gentle with you. That is a lie because we probably will not. There will be a lead-off question from...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): The Conservative Group is now out of time. Assembly Member Sheikh, please? Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to follow up on this conversation around second staircases because I did actually find that exchange between Assembly Member Bailey and the Commissioner quite helpful. I agree. We need to get it right, especially in the context of the Grenfell [Tower] fire. We want building safety to be of the highest standards. I guess my request would be both to the Commissioner and to Assembly Member Bailey. In your weekly meetings and as the new...

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Rogers, and he would appreciate very quick replies. Nick Rogers AM: Thank you. I will be quick. In March 2022 I went to a fantastic joint exercise held between Richmond borough, the LFB and Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Could you write to me and tell me what your plans for the coming year are in terms of other multiagency major exercises across London? That would be much appreciated.

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Hall, please? Susan Hall AM: Thank you. This one is to the Commissioner. What were your main challenges when you were setting the 2024/25 budget?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey, please. Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Thank you, Chair. Is it afternoon? Good afternoon, panel. Just to quickly go back on two staircases, have you had any conversations with DLUHC on what you would like to see that guidance look like?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Devenish, please? Tony Devenish AM: Thank you very much. Can I start by thanking the LFB for pulling me out of a lift shaft in Paddington, where three activists and I got stuck a couple of months ago. I was very grateful. Twenty-eight minutes in a Paddington lift on a Saturday afternoon was not my best opportunity of spending a weekend. Andy Roe KFSM (London Fire Commissioner): No one needs that, no. Tony Devenish AM: I was delivering Susan Hall literature. Léonie Cooper AM: That is why the lift broke down, Tony...