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• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. I wondered if I could ask you, Liz, about the governance issues. In particular, are you confident that the OPDC has the correct governance arrangements and the capacity to simultaneously negotiate public land transfer and co-ordinate the development now occurring on private land?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Len Duvall AM: Can we go back to the Crossrail depot? Do you both agree with Sir Terry Farrell’s [British architect] comments when he says the failure to plan to deck over the Crossrail depot represents London’s worst cock-up in 50 years?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Navin Shah AM: Thank you, Chair. May I raise an issue about locality versus density impact? The question is: how can the OPDC produce a successful local destination from the start of this project, given the tensions that there are or there will be resulting from the densities and heights required to fund this national rail interchange?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Nicky Gavron AM: Good morning, Liz and Victoria. I want to ask a few questions about the industry and business premises and land in the OPDC area. You have there the largest concentration, probably, in western Europe of business and, broadly speaking, industrial premises and land. It is, arguably, the engine of London and the UK’s industrial economy. It is very farsighted of you that you have taken out an Article 4 direction to block the change of use to housing overnight from warehousing and from offices. When did that come into force as a direction?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 07 September 2017

Andrew Boff AM: Developers and designers and landowners effectively will get away with what they can in terms of developments. Is there not some advantage in advance of developments being submitted for planning approval of saying what the parameters of such a development are going to be?

• Reference: 2002/0199-1
• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

How are partners being engaged to deliver on his responsibilities? .

• Reference: 2002/0217-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Much of the draft waste strategy, rightly, concentrates on improving recycling rates on some of the worst performing boroughs in London. What incentives are there for Councils already achieving pretty high rates of recycling? .

• Reference: 2002/0222-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

What funding have you and/or the Mayor been able to secure from Central Government to help improve recycling rates across London? Given all the statements that both you and the Mayor have made on this topic, does incineration have any place in the future disposal of London's waste? .

• Reference: 2002/0231-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Is the Mayor's waste strategy strong enough to avoid the need for new incinerators in London? .

• Reference: 2002/0273-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

The Draft Municipal Waste Strategy sets out a desire to create a single waste disposal authority for London. Bearing in mind many boroughs are already engaged in long-term waste contracts, how do you intend to create this single authority and how will it work? .