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Crime & Disorder (Supplementary) [4]

  • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
Mr Mayor, despite the statistics you quoted earlier, London now has the lowest clear-up rate in England and Wales at 14% and falling. Scotland, in fact, has a clear-up rate of 42%, which is much higher, and this is all despite the increase in police numbers, which I must emphasise we have always supported in each of your budgets. It was other issues in your budget that we took issue with. Now, are you satisfied with these detection rates and if you are not, are you bringing any kind of pressure on the force, on the Commissioner, who I have...

Crime & Disorder (Supplementary) [3]

  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
Six might be rather thin on the ground, I think, with all that.

Crime & Disorder (Supplementary) [2]

  • Question by: Jenny Jones
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
That is excellent. So you actually agree with the Green Party manifesto, which talks more about restitution and less about retribution.

Crime & Disorder (Supplementary) [1]

  • Question by: Jenny Jones
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
Apparently there are over 300 new crimes created by the Labour Government since it came into power. That is all very well but it actually passes the whole problem on to the police, on to the judicial system and then into prisons, where we have got the highest prison population ever. You gave a quick nod in your first answer on crime to the idea of actually preventing it in the first place. I would like to see more about things like youth clubs, after?school activities, perhaps encouraging more youth leaders with a view to actually preventing crime in the...

Withdrawn (Supplementary) [23]

  • Question by: Sally Hamwee
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
You do not want to talk about Crossrail?

Withdrawn (Supplementary) [22]

  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
Can you please justify to us that statement that there is a commitment to proceed with Crossrail when, if you actually read the Minister's statement, he said "If the project were to go ahead, there would need to be" Later on, he talks about "In order to give the project the best chance of success, I am assembling an expert team" as though this was some sort of Richard Branson around the world balloon race rather than the most significant transport infrastructure that this capital needs. He concludes his statement by saying "When the Department has carried out a review...

Withdrawn (Supplementary) [21]

  • Question by: Meg Hillier
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
I was thinking more of actual commercial development around or above or within the station building to help cross fund and therefore make sure that it happens rather than waiting for public sector funds.

Withdrawn (Supplementary) [20]

  • Question by: Sally Hamwee
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
Can I just come back to the question of financing? If we are talking about primary legislation as a possibility for tax increment financing, are bonds still on your menu as something to try to push the Treasury to thinking about?

Withdrawn (Supplementary) [19]

  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
I absolutely accept the point that consultation has to take place. My reading of the statement is that there is no commitment there. This is not a decision in principle whilst they sort out the details; it is saying that they are deferring the decision until later in the process. Given the history, I really think that you should not be so laid back about this and, from our side, we would be arguing that you should be taking steps to move the thing forward rather than simply wait until the Government's rather lackadaisical time scale.

Withdrawn (Supplementary) [18]

  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2003
If you read the statement, there is no commitment. It says that they will be in a position to take a decision in the future, not taking a decision now. Given that under the Blair Government the average life expectancy of transport ministers is one year " there have been six in six years " the chances of Alistair Darling being in a position to take this forward are close to zero. Given that lack of commitment, will he agree to take steps to bring forward the hybrid bill and, for example, ask Simon Hughes to commence proceedings ahead of...
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