• Reference: 2012/2268
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

For MQT 1585/2012 I asked, 'Why did you claim, in your manifesto, that you will deliver the 2012 Games on time and on budget, when the big build was completed in July 2011?' Your answer was, 'Please see my response to oral MQ 1319 /2012.' The only mention of the Olympics in that oral response is, "Ensuring a true Olympic legacy, that is obviously to come. Some of those homes are there already but there will be, altogether, 11,000 new homes and 10,000 new jobs." I do not think that this actually answers the question I posed, so can you...

• Reference: 2012/2267
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson has conceded that the Olympic Board underestimated the number of stewards needed at the Games. Can you explain why this was?

• Reference: 2012/2266
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Was it right that LOCOG charged for these tickets rather than providing them for free? If so why?

• Reference: 2012/2265
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Can you provide a breakdown of the cost of all of these tickets?

• Reference: 2012/2264
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Following Richard Barnes departure, who is now Chairing and/or Leading the London Strategic Migration Partnership? I understand that, as an interim, it was Munira Mirza. Is this to be permanent?

• Reference: 2012/2263
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Following Richard Barnes departure, who now leads on Equalities for you? I understand that, as an interim, it was Munira Mirza. Is this to be permanent?

• Reference: 2012/2262
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

In response to my question 1395/2012 regarding the opening hours of this ticket office you blame staff sickness for the unplanned closures. Do you stand by this statement? What contingencies do you have to ensure this hotspot station is fully staffed during the Olympic and Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2012/2261
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Will you be making representations against the holding of the DSEi Arms' Fair at Excel? If not, please explain why you do not find its staging, in London, particularly offensive.

• Reference: 2012/2260
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

I have received complaints from constituents that when buses are on diversion some drivers refuse to stop on request at bus stops as they are not on 'the route'. This has caused considerable inconvenience. Do you share my view that best practise would be for bus drivers to stop at bus stops on request from their passengers, rather than holding them prisoner and preventing them leaving the bus until the bus is back on 'the route' often some distance from the passenger's original destination.

• Reference: 2012/2259
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

I have been contacted by a constituent who complains of frequent disruption to Londoners when streets are closed and buses diverted whilst organised races take place for runners and for cyclists. Will you conduct a review of this practise with a view to perhaps relocating some of the races to one of the main London parks?