• Reference: 2011/2848
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

In your answer to me (2215/2011) regarding the cuts to Legal Advice, Citizens Advice Bureaus and Equalities Advice in London you stated that 'we are working with SERTUC to understand the current picture of legal advice service provision across London on equality issues and the impact of EHRC savings in London.' While I am concerned that you are developing your understanding of the situation after the decision has been made to cut such vital services, I am pleased to hear that work is being undertaken. Can you give me a timeline for this work and commit to sharing your findings...

• Reference: 2011/2847
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

In light of the fact that a judicial review has been granted to examine the processes by which West Ham was awarded the Olympic Stadium, Leyton Orient Fans Trust and Leyton Orient Supporters Club are asking you to treat their club with the even-handedness they expect from their Mayor, and to re examine whether the 'relevant' football authorities' that you refer to in question 1119/2011 were correct in their assessment of the impact of West Ham moving into the Olympic Stadium on Leyton Orient. It seems to the fans of Leyton Orient that in your decision to endorse the Olympic...

• Reference: 2011/2846
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

This year's Notting Hilll Carnival was proof positive that the great majority of Londoners love their city and want to celebrate its diversity and deep cultural traditions in peace. Do you recommend that London's Mayoralty continues to support the Carnival in 2012 as the jewel in the crown of London's cultural life?

• Reference: 2011/2845
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

On the 17th September local residents in Clapton, Hackney will be holding a community conversation so that members of the neighbourhood that was worst hit by the riots can discuss the event and begin the process of healing rifts in their community. Will you join me in congratulating this community for the initiative they have taken in rebuilding after the riots ?

• Reference: 2011/2844
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

What studies have been done to justify your claim that 'thousands of commuters' will benefit from the cable car across the Thames and can you let us have the anaylsis?

• Reference: 2011/2843
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

With the recent wealth of evidence against PFI, will you be making sure that the train carriage contract for Crossrail is not a PFI?

• Reference: 2011/2842
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Do you agree with proposals to close ticket offices at up to 295 mainline rail stations in London and the South East, in many cases meaning that stations will be completely unstaffed?

• Reference: 2011/2841
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Why do you think that large companies such as Accenture, Microsoft, Norton Rose and Virgin Media that responded to your letter are unwilling to invest in apprentices without government funding?

• Reference: 2011/2840
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Isn't it correct that the 28,000 figure quoted by you is a national one and not one specific to London? How many of these 28,000 are based in London?

• Reference: 2011/2839
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Of the 31 companies (out of 93) that responded to your letter 'urging them to create more than 20,000 new apprenticeships', what is the total number of apprenticeships they committed to deliver?