• Reference: 2010/3739
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

Which presents more of threat to London, tax evasion & avoidance or 'benefit theft'?

• Reference: 2010/3737
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

In answer to Written Question 3359/2010 in relation to the government's proposed cuts to Housing Benefit, you stated: 'I believe that the effect on London's economy will be detrimental, as many low paid workers doing essential jobs in the centre will have to move out of inner London and will not be in a position to afford to commute. There is also likely to be severe pressure on jobs and services in the cheaper areas of London to which people move'. However, following an interview on BBC Radio London in which you referred to 'Kosovo style social cleansing of London'...

• Reference: 2010/3736
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

I have been asked via the 'Suggest a question' website to ask the Mayor the following: as Mr. Johnson has asked for a law to be passed requiring a majority of Union Electorates, not those actually voting, to vote in favour of strike action before such strike action is enacted, is he, as an honourable and principled man, willing to require the same electoral majority requirements in political elections?

• Reference: 2010/3735
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

How many times during the last 12 months have London Underground Stations been left unstaffed?

• Reference: 2010/3734
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

What steps are you planning to take to ensure that Londoners are aware of the importance of filling out census returns next spring? A full picture of London's population will be necessary to ensure London gets the funding it requires?

• Reference: 2010/3733
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

A constituent wrote to me about the time and effort she and the rest of her organisation had put in to partake in the London-wide events during the Open House weekend in September. Unfortunately, her - and, no doubt, many other people's efforts - were undermined by major tube and rail closures that weekend. Will you ensure better co-ordination between transport repairs (and other public works) and public events?

• Reference: 2010/3732
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

I have been contacted by GARD in respect to their campaign against Thames Water's proposals for a 5,000 acre Upper Thames Reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. This project is due to cost over £1 billion and will lead to an additional levy charged to Thames Water customers. GARD, as well as a number of other independent groups, believe that Thames Water has not conducted proper, independent feasibility studies into cheaper, sustainable and alternative delivery mechanisms. Instead, they think that commercial interests are being put ahead of the customer who will end up paying an unnecessarily high levy for an asset...

• Reference: 2010/3731
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

At the last Economic Development, Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee meeting on 19 October, your advisor Anthony Brown made his ongoing scepticism about LEPs known. ("I have yet to be persuaded of their merits. Unless they can make a positive case, we can't see a good reason for having LEPs across London.") Following the meeting, concerns about future funding of LEPs have been voiced to me by North London businesses. I now understand that the GLA is developing its own proposal for a pan-London LEP, chaired by the Mayor. Can you; • assure me that you will support the devolution...

• Reference: 2010/3730
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

What effect has the gating and increased staffing had on fare revenue and passengers' safety?

• Reference: 2010/3729
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 October 2010

The need for further rail capacity in London is clearly identified in the Mayor's Transport Strategy and one of the highest priorities in the medium term is to increase capacity on the West Anglia Routes (MTS proposal 8). I am aware that TfL are working with the West Anglia Routes Group, the boroughs and the Department for Transport on a number of initiatives, including the West Anglia Main Line Improvements, the Greater Anglia refranchising and the input to the High Level Output Specification for the next Control Period (2014-2019). However could the Mayor please: a) Outline his understanding of the...