• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 17 December 2008

Mr Mayor, how many extra police cells are you going to be laying on for New Years' revellers when you implement your ban on alcohol on public transport? You have obviously not thought about it.

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 17 December 2008

Thank you, Mr Mayor. Just a couple of simple questions. Would you agree with me that Territorial Policing is not the only Metropolitan Police Service command that provides 'frontline' police officers?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 December 2008

I am surprised by some of Nicky's questioning because of course those of us who have been here since the start of the Authority know that as Deputy Mayor she presided over the writing of the London Plan that we have now with its 'pile them high, sell them expensive' approach to flats in London. It is great to see change being promised and I hope that we will see it. Certainly in Havering we are having problems with a lack of people wanting to do developments at the moment because of the affordable housing targets they are being required...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 December 2008

Yes, but we already have Parker Morris; in fact Parker Morris Plus for public housing, Social Rented Housing. We do not have it for intermediate or for private homes and you in this Chamber said on exactly that point that you were going to rectify this. Your Housing Strategy actually emphasises that we need to improve space standards across all tenures.

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 17 December 2008

Mr Mayor, just coming back on the point that Mr Biggs made, would you concede that all across London there are housing developments which are so below reasonable standard that they are just not capable of being occupied and for those to be torn down and replaced with good quality, habitable homes is in fact a big step forward and a big step towards meeting the increase in social housing and affordable housing that I think everyone around this Chamber seeks.

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 12 November 2008

Mr Mayor, would you agree with me that there is often selective blindness around some of the so-called improvements that were proposed in London, in particular around Parliament Square, and one of the drawbacks of the scheme as proposed was that it was sending thousands more cars a year ploughing through one of the biggest social housing estates, the Peabody Estate along Marsham Street? Therefore if anything, overall road safety would have been decreased rather than increased particularly since it was going through an area where there were two primary schools and a large number of families with young children...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 12 November 2008

Mr Mayor, the question started out as being about Road Safety Week. Can I ask you if you could use your good offices with Transport for London to improve road safety by having them remove a lot of the street clutter that they leave around when they have done works; it often remains around for weeks. Also, to remove some of the unnecessary street signage and the things which actually obstruct the sight lines of pedestrians and motorists too?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 November 2008

Another concern for road safety is the routing of TfL bus routes down inappropriate residential roads. I realise there is always a consultation but sometimes the consultation is not taken notice of. In my case we have the 372 bus route -- -- and I have a petition - please do not quote other numbers at me while I am saying this, Brian, you know I will get lost - of 764 signatures from people in those roads who do not want the bus to go down there. There are two schools nearby; it will discourage people allowing their children...

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 12 November 2008

Mr Mayor, one of the significant factors in road safety is vehicles using side roads as cut-throughs because the main arterial routes are so heavily congested. Will you confirm that you will make every effort to ensure that the smooth running of traffic through arterial routes is maintained, to disincentivise to the drivers who feel it is quicker and easier to nip down side streets, often residential streets, and thus increase the danger to children and vulnerable road users?

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 12 November 2008

Mr Mayor would you join me in applauding the project youth scheme which has been running in Croydon which has actually shown that this a model for this scheme and it has actually been working incredibly well with a very impressive reduction in reoffending rates. I would just ask whether you would join me in applauding their efforts.