• Reference: 2012/2699
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Does the Mayor agree that in light of changes to Welfare Benefits, the introduction of the London Living Wage is even more important now than it was previously? What specific actions has the Mayor taken in the past six months to promote more widespread adoption of the London Living Wage?

• Reference: 2012/2698
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Can the Mayor provide an update on the progress of the work being carried out by GLA officers and the University of East London to review a recovery plan for the mentoring programme for young black boys. Is the Mayor confident that the programme is now on track in relation to delivery?

• Reference: 2012/2697
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Is the Mayor aware of the extent of the problem of sexual exploitation of girls and young women by gangs in London and what is the Mayor doing to address the issue?

• Reference: 2012/2696
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Can you confirm that you will serve a full mayoral term and will not seek to re-enter Parliament before May 2016.

• Reference: 2012/2695
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

What is the Mayor doing to establish the extent of the problem of gangs in London?

• Reference: 2012/2694
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

During the Olympics, London showed itself to be both a fantastic venue for the games and a great destination for tourists. Yet, overall, London is losing out to other EU countries. Will the Mayor support the British Hospitality Association's campaign to reduce the current rate of VAT to 5% for hotel accommodation and attractions which would make London more competitive and which major studies show would stimulate growth in this key industry for London? If so, what actions will the Mayor take to lobby government on this issue?

• Reference: 2012/2693
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

What disposal method is used for the backing paper and vinyl sheets, currently applied as advertising to a complete London Overground train, and sometimes to large areas of Underground station walls and surfaces? Does that apply to all the Olympic signage as well? Have you studied what are the most environmentally benign materials that you could use, and are you using them?

• Reference: 2012/2692
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

My constituents suffer overcrowding at Baker Street station. Your less-than-perfect attempt to make the station step-free before the Olympics was abandoned. Will you start again, with a more ambitious long-term station improvement strategy? Might that eventually allow a deep-level non-conflicting Metropolitan Line junction to reduce delays, better interchanges between all lines, and more station entrances, where step-free access can be provided now, but is compatible with possible major improvements in later years?

• Reference: 2012/2691
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Under what timescale might your Crossrail project join up to the West Coast Main Line? Which Crossrail Two route is currently most favoured by you, in the south-west, central London, and north-east? Whether or not Crossrail Two is routed via Euston, are you actively studying connecting the main-line and Underground Euston stations to Euston Square station, which would greatly benefit my constituents, and on what timescale would this be?

• Reference: 2012/2690
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Please reconfirm your 2012 manifesto commitment to expand the East London Line to five-carriage trains by 2014, and the projected opening date of your Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace. What are your timescale milestones to extend the DLR from Lewisham, and Tramlink from Beckenham, to meet in Bromley (is that Bromley North station?) to provide your promised outer-London 'orbital rail loop'?