7pm Thursday 2nd March, at Ealing Town Hall
The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and members of the London Assembly are holding a People’s Question Time at Ealing Town Hall.
The Mayor is responsible for ‘The London Plan’ and this plan dictates to a considerable extent Ealing’s ‘Local Plan’, which has just finished a public consultation. People’s Question Time is a rare opportunity for local people to question the Mayor about the Plan and policies more generally. Click below to book a place.
Questions will be taken at random from the audience, covering 6 topics:
- Transport,
- Policing and safety,
- Air quality [pollution] and the environment,
- Housing,
- London’s economic recovery,
- Other (culture, education).
Ealing Friends of the Earth cannot ask questions, but individuals in the audience who care about the environment can. We have therefore compiled a list of suggested questions which people may like to ask. Most of the questions could be asked under more than one topic.
Suggested Questions
- Q1. The sewage system is already unable to cope, with sewage regularly discharged into our waterways. Should the Mayor be forcing Ealing and other boroughs to build large numbers of flats until the sewage problem is resolved?
- Q2. Ealing Council is proposing to ‘de-designate’ pieces of its Green Belt Land and ‘Metropolitan Open Land’. Does the Mayor agree with this idea?
- Q3. Does the Mayor agree with building housing on land with Green Belt or ‘Metropolitan Open Land’ status?
- Q4.The Mayor is forcing Ealing to build large numbers of housing units (21,750 over 10 years). This will generate large quantities of emitted and embedded carbon. Is this consistent with the urgent need to address climate change and achieve ‘Net Zero’?
- Q5. Why are so many tower blocks permitted in London when research by University College London’s Energy Institute shows that they use more energy per square metre than high-density low-rise equivalents.
- Q6. Should opposition from the ‘car lobby’ be allowed to stop plans to reduce traffic, air pollution and climate change, by means such as Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, Ultra Low Emission Zone and parking constraints.
- Q7. Does the Mayor consider that a policy of economic growth is desirable, where growth is defined simply as the increase in total size of the London economy, as opposed to per capita growth?
- Q8. In assessing and supporting economic recovery and growth, will the Mayor use a measure (metric) based just on the financial value of goods and service consumed? Or will the Mayor use a metric that reflects human health, welfare, equality and happiness?
- Q9. Around half of the world’s wildlife has already been destroyed and the figure is far higher in London. What plans does the Mayor have to try and recover the situation?
- Q10. Building large numbers of new housing units in London will inevitably have a negative impact on existing residents. Should developers and landowners be required to recompense communities fully, in accordance with the Polluter Pays Principle’?
Feel free contact us if you have any queries about the suggested questions.