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Flood Damage Insurance

  • Reference: 2012/0985
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
The insurance industry's voluntary agreement with the government on flood insurance is due to end next year, which means that homes across London could be blocked from claiming insurance in the result of a flood damage. What conversations have you had with government ministers that they will take the necessary steps to secure an extended agreement with the industry to protect homes across London?

Street Trees

  • Reference: 2012/0984
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
The Mayor's Street Trees initiative has seen 10,000 trees planted across 29 boroughs. Can the Mayor indicate how many have been a) removed, b) chopped down as a result of works on roads, train lines etc?

No. 161 Bus Diversion (2)

  • Reference: 2012/0983
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
Transport for London owns and manages station stops for the National Express Coaches that drop off and pick up passengers outside Lewisham Police Station. However, Last year Transport for London move the stop to where there is no seating or shelter facilities available. Will the Mayor review this decision and reinstate the previous station point, or install shelters for passengers using the service?

No. 161 Bus Diversion

  • Reference: 2012/0982
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
Transport for London has tabled planes to divert the No. 161 bus away from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Stadium Road, Woolwich during the Olympic period. While emergency services will still have the use of the roads, many residents who regularly use the bus services to attend the hospital have raise serious concerns about these plans. Will you reconsider this diversion for those who rely on public transport to take them directly to the hospital?

Brockley Station Cycle Parking Facilities

  • Reference: 2012/0981
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
In 2011 Transport for London removed cycle parking facilities in order to install ticket barriers outside Brockley Station in Lewisham. Constituents have complained there is not adequate space for cycle storage and at least 20 bikes are attached to various railings and barriers around the station. Will the Mayor respond to calls to reinstate the facilities for those parking their bikes at the station?

A2 Greenwich South Street

  • Reference: 2012/0980
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
The junction of the A2 at Greenwich South Street SE10 is widely acknowledged by local people as an extremely dangerous junction for pedestrian. Despite demands from councillors and residents for trafficking calming measures, Transport for London maintains that its primary role is to keep London's traffic moving. Will the Mayor act on behalf of residents to put in measures to make the junction safer for pedestrians?

International Narcotics Control Board Report

  • Reference: 2012/0979
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
What is the Mayor's reaction to the recent UN International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) report that highlighted parts of London are no-go areas as a result of drug gangs and does he intend to use its findings to support his various strategy?

Olympics and Retails

  • Reference: 2012/0978
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
London is set to make £7.7bn in retail sales during 2012 Olympics, of which £2bn will come from international tourists. What measures has the Mayor put in place to facilitate traders capturing this additional trade across London and not just in the Olympic Boroughs?

Fuel Poverty

  • Reference: 2012/0977
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
Estimates that fuel poverty could increase by 40%, from one in four to one in three households; by 2016 is worrying news to many across London. Will the Mayor offer his support to the Energy Bill Revolution campaign and calls for government to link green taxes to low carbon investment programmes?

Apprenticeships (2)

  • Reference: 2012/0976
  • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2012
Will you commit to asking the government to supply a breakdown by sector, gender, ethnicity, disability and borough of the 54,479 Apprenticeships created in London in the past 18 months so Londoners may begin to judge the success of this scheme in terms of equality of access and potential economic growth?
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