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INRIX Traffic Study into Olympic Gridlock in Newham

  • Reference: 2012/0610
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
What steps are you taking to address the concerns expressed in this report?

East End and Olympic Maps

  • Reference: 2012/0609
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
Can you clarify, in response to local concerns, why it appeared that East London was not to be promoted to tourists during the 2012 Games and what, if any, steps have been taken to remedy this?

Canary Wharf Jubilee Line Payments

  • Reference: 2012/0608
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
Can you itemise the payments made to CWG because of performance problems with the Jubilee Line, including their causes, the triggers which failed, and the total amount. Overall, how much of the payments made by CWG towards the JLE has been effectively returned to them?

Escalators at Stratford Station

  • Reference: 2012/0607
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
The two escalators at Stratford, connecting the main ticket concourse with the Jubilee Line platforms, have been closed for maintenance and, it seems, replaced, and yet are still subject to repeated breakdowns. What is the problem with them and when will they be in good order?

Anna Minton

  • Reference: 2012/0606
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
The above writer, in her updated book 'Ground Control' claims that 'The Whole Economics of the Olympics Project have Failed Absolutely'. You obviously will not agree with her but do you share any of her concerns about the failure to achieve promises to the community, particularly in that she asserts that the Peoples Promises (signed corporately and amongst others by me, but subsequently accepted by you) were then inherited by the ODA who explicitly chose not to be bound by them? I understood that your, and my, expectation was that the ODA was bound by the commitments made in that...

Five a Day

  • Reference: 2012/0604
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
A constituent has asked me to raise the following question. 'Are you aware that over 80 Million Cucumbers a year are produced in the Lea Valley, just 9 miles from the Olympic Stadium along with tomatoes, sweet peppers and lettuce? If so will you ensure that produce is purchased from this local resource for the Olympic stadium to support local growers and reduce the carbon footprint of the games?"

Backing Britain?

  • Reference: 2012/0602
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
Do you support the LOCOG's decision to award the contract for printing of Olympic & Paralympic tickets to an American company? If not, what representations are you making on behalf of British business?

Police Victims

  • Reference: 2012/0601
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
Do you regret your statements about the Lawrence Case and the Macpherson report, suggesting that the whole affair was in some way politically correct? Do you believe the police were in any way 'victims' in this case?

Blackwall Tolls

  • Reference: 2012/0600
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
Are you prepared to commit yourself to not imposing Tolls at the Blackwall Tunnel?

Idling

  • Reference: 2012/0599
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 22 February 2012
How are you going to enforce your ban on idling?
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