• Reference: 2008/0965
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

I am encouraged by the public health commitments that the new Mayor made in his pre-election campaign to further strengthen and secure permanent funding for the London Health Commission under his administration. The LHC has gained national and international recognition for its work on the determinants health and health inequalities in London. This has included undertaking health impact assessments on each of the Mayor's statutory strategies and most recently on the NHS London proposals for Healthcare for London. LHC last year also secured £9.46m Big Lottery funding the Well London programme, which is reaching out to improve health in 20...

• Reference: 2008/0964
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

While the Mayor's proposals to ban alcohol on London Transport are welcome, how does he propose to enforce this measure and what protection can he offer to frontline staff involved in its implementation.

• Reference: 2008/0963
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

It has been proposed that 3 job centres in west London will be closed in Shepherds Bush, Kilburn and Feltham. What are you going to do to keep these critical services available to long-term unemployed west Londoners?

• Reference: 2008/0962
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Will you continue the last Mayor's campaign to stop post office closures in London and his offer to subsidise them through the LDA?

• Reference: 2008/0961
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

What are your views on Convoys Wharf?

• Reference: 2008/0960
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Will you make TfL funding available for a cycle pathway around North Greenwich?

• Reference: 2008/0959
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

It is proposed by Southern Railway that when Oyster gating is introduced to stations along the East London Line that the gate at platform one at Sydenham station will be closed. Can you lobby TfL and Southern Railway to ensure that this will not happen and prevent this gate being closed?

• Reference: 2008/0958
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

What is your position on the Blackwall Tunnel and the proposal for a third bore?

• Reference: 2008/0957
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Will the Mayor confirm that the Cultural Olympiad will be as important a focus of his thinking around the Olympics as the sporting element of the Games? Will he further confirm that the cultural legacy of the Olympics, especially in the 5 Olympic Boroughs, will be delivered for the lasting benefit of residents and visitors?

• Reference: 2008/0956
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

A large number of my constituents in Leyton and Wanstead are sick and tired of the appalling overcrowding on the Barking to Gospel Oak Line. Does the Mayor agree that the Barking to Gospel Oak Line has for many years been the neglected poor relation, and that even though trains now run every 20 minutes in peak hours, the numbers of passengers has far outpaced the current capacity? Will he support my call for an immediate review/feasibility of putting additional carriages on this service?