• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Andrew Boff (AM): Mr Mayor, do you think the people who are paying the real bedroom tax are the 391,000 children who are growing up in overcrowded accommodation in London?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Fiona Twycross (AM): Thank you. Are you concerned about the issues created by the lack of suitable property available for the people affected by the bedroom tax to downsize to?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Andrew Boff (AM): Mr Mayor, much as we all want to reduce the amount of plastic bags that there are, there is a risk that any introduction of a levy might penalise the small grocers who do not have the benefits of buying in bulk. It can be managed, but let us not have unintended consequences by this. Would it not be better for there to be a levy on packaging, which is used disproportionately by large supermarkets, whose distribution practices require excessive packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables, which the taxpayers subsidise through landfill?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Jennette Arnold OBE (AM): Thank you, and good morning, Mr Mayor. Can I follow on the theme? I think we just do need this settled. Can I ask you to write to me clarifying that the whole of the GLA family is conforming with your commitment to the London Living Wage? I know that there were some outstanding issues that may have been transferred from the Metropolitan Police Authority over to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and I would welcome your assurance on that.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Mr Mayor, the Latin American Women's Rights Service points out very clearly that the people who depend upon their services find that they are in cleaning and hotel jobs that not only do not pay the London Living Wage but can often pay because of the way it is constructed less than the minimum wage, especially when those people are paid according to the number of rooms they clean rather than an hourly rate which effectively brings them under the minimum wage. Will you make sure that the Greater London Authority (GLA) is particularly conscious when entering into contracts with...

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Kit Malthouse (AM): Very pleased to hear you mention hydrogen because of course you may want to remind Members that we do have a zero-emission bus fleet currently running; has been running for two or three years, the RV1 that runs along Tooley Street, which is entirely powered by hydrogen fuel cells and that, I am sure you would agree with me, hydrogen technology presents a very strong prospect for the future given the load-to-power ratio that you identified as a problem with batteries. Would you join me in congratulating Aston Martin who just had a hydrogen car complete the...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 22 May 2013

Jenny Jones (AM): Boris, can you tell us what the miles per gallon are for the New Bus?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 20 March 2013

Fiona Twycross (AM): Thank you. Will James Cleverly be attending the consultation meetings?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 March 2013

Andrew Dismore (AM): Well I am pleased to hear that. Would you agree that it is part of a fire-fighter's community fire safety role to tell the public about the consultation and to encourage the public to participate?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 20 March 2013

Roger Evans (AM): Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, are you looking forward to reading the Assembly's Police and Crime Committee's response to the Draft Police and Crime Plan?