• Reference: 2012/1806
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

At Mayor's Question Time on 23rd May 2012 you claimed that the Silvertown crossing scheme "would alleviate traffic congestion in east London, reduce emissions and improve air quality." Can you please release all the background research that substantiates these statements?

• Reference: 2012/1805
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Do you agree with the statement made by James Cleverly at the Mayor's Question Time on 23rd May 2012 that the Thames Gateway Bridge scheme is 'dead and buried'? Will you now approach the Secretary of State to ask for the safeguarding of the land for a new crossing at Gallion Reach to be removed?

• Reference: 2012/1804
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Will the 'Go Dutch' approach to cycling infrastructure be incorporated into the Olympic Legacy Masterplan?

• Reference: 2012/1803
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

At the last Mayor's Question Time you asserted that close to two thirds of crashes between cyclists and motor vehicles were due to due 'some infraction by the cyclists themselves of the rules of the road'. Given that the contrary is true, according to official data from the Transport Research Laboratory, will you withdraw those comments and apologise for misleading Londoners in order to set the record straight?

• Reference: 2012/1802
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Will you lobby to extend student Council Tax discounts to part-time PhD students across the capital?

• Reference: 2012/1801
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Will you work to extend student Transport for London discounts to part-time PhD students across the capital?

• Reference: 2012/1800
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Given that TfL's website and TFL cycle maps are clear about Cutty Sark Gardens being a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, will you use the offices of the Mayor and TfL to ask Greenwich Council to review its policy of enforcing a ban on cycling here?

• Reference: 2012/1799
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Through your lobbying work with the Air Quality Initiative of the Regions (AIR) are you supporting the UK Government attempts - published in Defra's Red Tape Challenge proposals - to amend the Air Quality Directive to reduce the infraction risk faced by most Member States, especially in relation to nitrogen dioxide provisions?

• Reference: 2012/1798
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Your London European Office March Newsletter states "the Commission revealed some of the proposals to be included in the revised Air Quality Directive likely to be published in the autumn 2012." Which of these proposals do you welcome?

• Reference: 2012/1796
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Your report 'A new airport for London - part 2' looks in depth at the economic case for a new airport for London. It states that 'further reports are planned to assess a number of other aspects, including commercial, environmental and location issues, in more detail.' When do you expect to begin work on these reports, and when do you expect to publish them?