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Fair Trade

  • Reference: 2008/1197
  • Question by: John Biggs
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
What is your position on the promotion of Fair Trade products in London? Do you support the idea of London becoming a 'Fair Trade' City and if so, what will you do to facilitate this?

Backland Spaces

  • Reference: 2008/1196
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
As well as protecting gardens from overdevelopment will you also consider including 'backland' spaces for similar protection? Many such sites lie in London's Edwardian and Victorian estates and provide vital greenery and ecological sites, and which are increasingly under threat from developers.

Zero-tolerance approach to policing

  • Reference: 2008/1195
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
What do you understand by a zero-tolerance approach to policing?

The Woodlands Trust

  • Reference: 2008/1194
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
Will you ensure that The Woodland Trust's 'Ancient tree guide; trees and development', will be considered as part of any revisions to the London Plan?

Publication of protocols

  • Reference: 2008/1193
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
Do you intend to issue and publish protocols for all your S67 appointments to allay any confusion as to the power and scope of authority of these appointees?

Banning the use of plastic bags

  • Reference: 2008/1192
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
Do you support, as I do, that campaign by 'Sustainable Haringey' to ban single use plastic bags in London? Will you use our powers to support and ensure such a ban is introduced London wide?

Manifesto Commitments

  • Reference: 2008/1191
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
Following your u-turn on the use of the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square what other manifesto commitments are you planning to scrap?

When the 'Bendy's' have gone?

  • Reference: 2008/1190
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
At MQT on 21 May 2008 you stated that your new routemaster would be introduced once all 'Bendys' had been phased out. What buses would you use in the intervening period?

Staffing on the new Routemaster

  • Reference: 2008/1189
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
At MQT on 21 May 2008 you stated that your new routemaster would not have a traditional conductor. Can you clarify exactly what role would these new staff have and how much they would cost?

Reconciling differing views

  • Reference: 2008/1188
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 18 June 2008
At MQT on 21 May 2008 you stated that you will pay for the new routemaster, in part, by scrapping the 500 hybrid buses. You also stated that you were appalled that London buses were not more environmentally friendly? How do you reconcile these two views? What greener buses are you to introduce, what is their cost and when will they start operating?
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