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Self-help housing projects

  • Reference: 2011/0665
  • Question by: Jenny Jones
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
How are you heeding the Housing Minister's call on the 6th February to give more support to self-help housing projects?

Tenancy succession rights in social housing

  • Reference: 2011/0664
  • Question by: Jenny Jones
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
Will you join me in lobbying the Government to amend the Localism Bill such that succession rights for children are retained, and in fact extended to provide a secondary succession right as recommended by the Law Commission in 2006? Currently Londoners who care for an elderly parent find themselves without any rights to remain in their parent's home on the death of the parent.

Mayor's Annual Equality Report

  • Reference: 2011/0663
  • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
The Mayor's Foreword states 'London's Diversity is one of its major strengths and it brings enormous economic and social benefits"! Is the Mayor of the opinion that the recent recession would have been a great deal deeper and harsher if London was a homogenous place?

Penalty for idling

  • Reference: 2011/0662
  • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
The Mayor states in his strategy that the penalty for idling should be brought into line with parking offences with fines around £120. Is there any timescale for the introduction of the charge?

River Transportation

  • Reference: 2011/0661
  • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
If river based operators are reluctant to use ultra-low sulphur diesel, would you apply punitive measures to force them to comply as you are doing with road-based taxis?

Disability hate crime

  • Reference: 2011/0659
  • Question by: Dee Doocey
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
How many incidents of disability hate crime have been recorded in each London borough in each year since 2007/8? Please provide a breakdown by borough and please also provide all available data for 2010/11?

CCLA Public Sector Deposit Fund

  • Reference: 2011/0658
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
Will you agree to consider depositing some of the GLA's surplus funds with the new AAA-rated Public Sector Deposit Fund, launched by CCLA, a London-based investment management firm owned entirely by its local authority, charity and faith clients, and so join the City Corporation and other local authorities in this joint endeavour?

Next steps on air quality

  • Reference: 2011/0657
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
What new steps will you take following the failure of the UK's reapplication for a time extension until 2011 to comply with the daily limit value for dangerous airborne particles (PM10) in London?

Revising your Air Quality Strategy

  • Reference: 2011/0656
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
What legal advice have you received on the need to revise (or not) your Air Quality Strategy following the failure of the UK's reapplication for a time extension until 2011 to comply with the limit value for dangerous airborne particles (PM10) in London and will you publish it?

LEZ phase 3 - vehicle abatement (2)

  • Reference: 2011/0655
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2011
Only four accredited companies are able to provide filter modifications to larger vans, minibuses and specialist diesel vehicles, in advance of phase 3 of the LEZ. Given the volume of vehicles that will be required to make modifications, do you believe this number is adequate?
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