• Reference: 2024/3953
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Constituents have raised concerns that some of the organisations who were involved in organising London’s Diwali celebrations are proponents of Hindutva, a far-right, ethno-nationalist ideology driving religious persecution in India and elsewhere. How do you vet the organisations involved in London’s Diwali celebrations, and why was it deemed acceptable for these organisations to play an active role?

• Reference: 2024/3952
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How much capital funding made available by the AHP 2021-2026 is yet to be awarded, and what percentage of existing awards is expected to go towards acquisitions?

• Reference: 2024/3951
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

I have heard from social tenants who have had to move from council to housing association-run homes due to estate regeneration, resulting in far higher service charges. How do you intend to monitor and prevent this increasing financial burden falling on social housing tenants resulting from estate regeneration?

• Reference: 2024/3950
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

I have received reports from leaseholders and freeholders on estates set for demolition that they are not being offered fair compensation for the sale of their homes. How are you monitoring and enforcing the third section of your Good Practice Guide to Estate Regeneration, “A fair deal for leaseholders and freeholders”?

• Reference: 2024/3949
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2024/3240, in which you echoed my concern about short term lets and outlined your action to date. As you did with the last Government, will you publicly call on this Government to devolve more powers to London to set up a licensing system for short-term lets?

• Reference: 2024/3948
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

What consideration have you given to reforming planning rules in conservation areas to accelerate decarbonisation?

• Reference: 2024/3947
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

A report by UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, ‘The demand for housing as an investment: Drivers, outcomes and policy interventions to enhance housing affordability in the UK’, published this month, describes how the demand for housing as an investment continues to fuel rising house prices. What options are you exploring in the revision of the London Plan and otherwise to restrict opportunities for speculative investment?

• Reference: 2024/3946
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How are you tracking second or multiple home ownership in the new build residential market?

• Reference: 2024/3945
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How are you tracking overseas investment in the London new-build residential market?

• Reference: 2024/3944
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Are your London Plan team working to designate new Opportunity Areas in the next iteration of the London Plan? If so, by what criteria is being used to designate these areas?