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Biodiversity in London parks

  • Reference: 2008/1303
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
What are you doing to promote biodiversity in London parks, in particular in parks that are dominated by football pitches or ones that are highly managed and do not have designated wild areas to support indigenous plants, bees and various wildlife?

Green schools programme

  • Reference: 2008/1302
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
Would you consider setting up a 'Green Schools Programme' to provide an equivalent service to the 'Green Homes Programme' but tailored for schools and including an equivalent 'Green School Concierge Service'?

Train Horns

  • Reference: 2008/1301
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
What will you be doing to tackle the inappropriate use of loud, high-pitched train horns on the Northern Line? (which are reportedly often sounded to acknowledge people standing on footbridges such as Lovers Walk in Barnet)

Bus Schedules

  • Reference: 2008/1300
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
What measures are there for ensuring that buses run according to their scheduled times and scheduled regularity?

276 Bus service

  • Reference: 2008/1299
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
A constituent has complained that the 276 bus rarely arrives within the scheduled 8-12 minutes, and that they often run over 20 minutes apart. In addition, the bus often terminates halfway through the journey. Can you look at improving this service in accordance with its schedule?

Value for money pigeon control

  • Reference: 2008/1298
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
Does the annual cost of around £30,000 to control up to 140 pigeons in Trafalgar Square with a hawk represent good value for money? Will you investigate other options for controlling the number of pigeons at this iconic landmark?

LGBT history month

  • Reference: 2008/1297
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
How will the mayor celebrate Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month in 2009?

A cabinet for London

  • Reference: 2008/1296
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
Have you had any meetings of your 'Cabinet for London', which you committed to in your manifesto. If so, have the full agenda papers been put on your website, as you also committed to doing in the interests of 'a more open and transparent decision making process, which will help restore Londoners' trust in City Hall'?

Sir Simon Milton

  • Reference: 2008/1295
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
Will you ask Sir Simon Milton to voluntarily commit himself to be bound by the content and procedures of the Greater London Authority's Code of Ethics and Standards for Staff?

Transparency and openness in planning

  • Reference: 2008/1294
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2008
Why have none of the documents relating to planning applications referred to, or decided by, your office you since you became Mayor been placed on the GLA website, as was standard practice under your predecessor?
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