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• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

I wondered if I could very quickly ask Mayor Pipe a question on the Ministerial statement yesterday on the 'bedroom tax'. It appears to me that what is being said is rather than change the actual proposals so that the categories talked about are exempt, what is being done is that the Government is asking local authorities to use discretionary payments to effectively pay that money back. Is that right? Can you explain what the process would be and, importantly, is the Government actually funding this?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

I want to start with Mayor Pipe and then move to the other two guests if I can. My questions were about the four pilots because two of them, Enfield and Haringey, I represent so we have great concerns about it. I was quite shocked to hear that you view this as just a test of DWP's own systems as opposed to a true pilot. My question is around the pilot which I believe is to last approximately six months and lessons are supposed to be learned before it is rolled out. In the meantime is it your belief that...

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

This is about 'bedroom tax'. I do welcome the retreat made by the Secretary of State [Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions] yesterday on three issues. However, I am still concerned - and I am talking as a practising doctor - that I, and my colleagues who see patients, who come to us for letters of exemption where there are adults who have problems or even children who have problems which are not covered by the Disability Act. How responsive are the local authorities on making these exemptions to patients who have genuine grounds supported...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

Can I direct my question to Jules Pipe. It is not often we have had a Labour Mayor in front of us in these sessions! Jules, I wanted to ask you about fuel poverty and the welfare of reforms. I know London Councils have got concerns on that front. Could you please expand on the work London Councils have done on that front as it has an impact on people's abilities to pay the bills as well?

• Reference: 2011/0076-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Simon, you wanted to make an opening statement. Thank you very much for coming along.

• Reference: 2011/0077-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Dee Doocey (Chair): Simon, you wanted to make an opening statement. Thank you very much for coming along.

• Reference: 2011/0078-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Dee Doocey (Chair): We are now moving on to the session on the Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC). Can I start off the session by asking you, Simon, please can you explain the Mayor's proposals to create a MDC for the Olympic Park area?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Good. That will certainly start to clear things up. On the home insulation and sustainability work that you mentioned, the implementation plan for the final version of the Climate Change and Energy Strategy in May 2011, will this take account of the new settlement as it is, rather than simply the projected wish list that you were working to previously?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Sir Simon, it is the job of the Labour Party to say it is all dreadful, being the rays of sunshine that they are, but in the context of this current climate this looks like a bit of a windfall. Can you tell me how the Mayor might be spending the unexpected amounts of money, especially --

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Do you expect those strands to be fully funded as originally envisaged or will there have to be some cutbacks?