• 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...

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

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Sheikh, please? Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner, I wanted to come to a question that has not come up yet, but it has certainly come up in the FREP Committee we had in September [2023] when your colleagues attended and DLUHC was there. It was regarding the second staircases and the change in the decision from DLUHC around whether that applies to 30-metre or 18-metre buildings. We will be having that transition, but we still have a lack of certainty around the specifications on that second staircase, which is delaying the 30-month...

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Ahmad, please. Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. Commissioner, at the 5 December 2023 FREP [Committee] meeting, Ben Selby, Assistant General Secretary of the FBU, said, “Progress is not easy to measure when we are talking of culture.” With regards to the progress of the Culture Review, do you agree?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): The next on the list is Assembly Member Dr Sahota. Dr Onkar Sahota AM (Deputy Chair): Thank you. The next question is to the Deputy Mayor. In 2023, the LFB launched its CRMP in response to Grenfell [Tower fire]. Can you tell us how the LFB has been delivering on the priorities set out in the CRMP, please?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 08 February 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Assembly Member Prince, please. Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Deputy Mayor, I would like to have a quick word with you about Launders Lane. For those watching, this is a piece of land in Rainham in my constituency, where there are a lot of fires and pollution occurring because of fires that occur underground, especially in the summertime. I would like to thank you for what you have done so far and for trying to grip this. It is a very difficult situation, but what I would ask of you, Deputy...