• Reference: 2024/2372
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

What impact do you anticipate the policies of the incoming Government will have for Londoners in ensuring the provision of safe, decent, and affordable housing?

• Reference: 2024/2371
• Question by: Bassam Mahfouz
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

Do you welcome the new Government’s commitment to invest in the NHS?

• Reference: 2024/2370
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The new Government is committed to “give councils multiyear funding settlements”. Should this commitment include the GLA Group?

• Reference: 2024/2369
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The new Government is committed to “replace the business rates system, so we can raise the same revenue but in a fairer way. This new system will level the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.” In June 2023 you said, “A fair business rates system should be a key priority for any central government in order to redistribute the tax burden away from the high street towards large online businesses, and to support regions to deliver the investment necessary to grow their economies”. What should such a fair...

• Reference: 2024/2368
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The 2017 London Finance Commission report, Devolution: A Capital Idea recommended that, “The operation and setting of council tax should be devolved to London’s government. Growth in the tax base should be retained locally as should the power to set rates. Council tax should be a local revenue which, in addition to delivering resources to fund local services, would provide an incentive for London’s boroughs and the GLA to build up the tax base. The number of council tax bands and the amount charged from band to band could be reformed to reflect market conditions”. Do you still agree with...

• Reference: 2024/2367
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The 2017 London Finance Commission report, Devolution: A Capital Idea recommended that, “We endorse the recommendations in Raising the Capital that the full suite of property taxes should be devolved to London’s government – council tax, business rates, stamp duty, annual tax on enveloped dwellings and capital gains property disposal tax”. Do you still agree with this recommendation, and will you be speaking to the new Government regarding it?

• Reference: 2024/2366
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

How many years should multiyear funding settlements provided by Government to the GLA Group, including TfL, last for?

• Reference: 2024/2365
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The 2017 London Finance Commission report, Devolution: A Capital Idea recommended that, “The operation and setting of business rates (including setting the multiplier) should be devolved to London’s government. To protect business rate payers, the multiplier should be linked to changes in council tax. London’s government should also be granted full control of business rates reliefs, including the flexibility to introduce a more effective relief scheme for small businesses which reflects the capital’s higher rental values”. Do you still agree with this recommendation, and will you be speaking to the new Government regarding it?

• Reference: 2024/2364
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

How will you work with the new Government to improve the health of Londoners and how will children in London benefit from policies such as supervised toothbrushing and breakfast clubs?

• Reference: 2024/2363
• Question by: Lord Duvall of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich OBE
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

Since the introduction of the dial-a-ride app, have you seen any trends in changes to the number of users accessing the service?