• Reference: 2010/4265
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Your answer to MQ 3089/2010 states, 'in terms of animal welfare, there is no difference between halal and non-halal slaughter'! According to a major halal abattoir based in Somerset, the stun used 'knocks the animal out for around 15-20 seconds.' Opinion is that halal slaughter takes at least 4 minutes, and hence all that a 'low voltage stun' does is knock out the animal so that its throat can be cut with the least resistance. After 20 seconds, the animal is alive, breathing and fully conscious again and suffers tremendous pain for the remaining three and a half minutes of...

• Reference: 2010/4242
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Will you lobby the Office of Rail Regulation to reverse their decision not to allow Southern Railway to introduce an additional off peak and Saturday service train per hour between Brighton and London Victoria via East Croydon considering the proposal was approved by both the timetabling committee and Network Rail, as this would greatly benefit travellers in south London?

• Reference: 2010/4212
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

'In light of the continued problem of dog attacks, what is the Mayor doing in regard to his policy on dangerous dogs?'

• Reference: 2010/4207
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Is the Mayor confident of Thames Water's claim that the majority of spoil at Barn Elms can and will be removed by barge considering that only 10,000 tonnes was removed from the Olympic site in this way?

• Reference: 2010/4195
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Please can you provide an update on negotiations with Government regarding the funding for economic development work in London?

• Reference: 2010/4188
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

What criteria will be used to select the post-2012 Games tenant for the Olympic Stadium?

• Reference: 2010/4185
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

The Mayor is due to offer a Greener Vehicle Discount of 100% of the congestion charge to cars that emit 100gCO2/km or less and meet the Euro 5 standard for air quality. As even the greenest of cars still takes up road space, is this proposal a tacit admission that the Congestion charge was never really about congestion?

• Reference: 2010/4179
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Will the Mayor condemn the violence by student protestors on 10th and 24th November, including dangerous attacks on police officers in the line of duty? Does the Mayor agree that, whilst protestors are entitled to express their views peacefully, there is no place for violence of this nature?

• Reference: 2010/4009
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

At the MQT meeting on 17 November, in your oral update, you said 'it seems to me that we are entirely in agreement that there shouldn't be a reduction in Fire Appliances'. The Chair of LFEPA nodded in agreement to your statement. Can you confirm that this actually means you are saying, with the agreement of your Chair, that there will be no cuts to fire appliance provision in the current financial year, nor in the financial year 2011/2012?

• Reference: 2010/4013
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

What assurances can the Mayor give concerning future revenue funding for both the established and newly opened Rape Crisis centres, given that the voluntary service is in such dire straights?