• Reference: 2008/0593
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Despite making tackling child poverty in London one of your "highest priorities," what is your response to the conclusions of the London Child Poverty Commission that there has been "no significant improvement" since you took office and that the latest figures available show child poverty at exactly the same levels as in 2000?

• Reference: 2008/0592
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

After you accused a young woman of being "on something" for not experiencing an improvement to transport services in Streatham, are you surprised that a survey of young people by social networking site, Piczo, has found that: nearly half had "absolutely no respect" for politicians? How will you change your behaviour to engage more effectively with young people and change their opinion of politicians?

• Reference: 2008/0591
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

You revealed, in December, that an additional £100,000 would be needed over and above the funds ring-fenced for the Home Insulation Scheme. Given this shortfall, and the relatively low take up of your discounted insulation scheme, despite spending £1.2 million on advertising, do you think that the advertising strategy that you have adopted so far is an effective and efficient use of public money to achieve the objective of cutting carbon in London's homes?

• Reference: 2008/0590
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

How much will the GLA and LDA invest in your DIY insulation scheme in 2008 and what is the breakdown for money spent on the marketing campaign and money allocated for rebates?

• Reference: 2008/0589
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Given that retailers have reduced the number of plastic bags from 13.4bn in 2006 to 12.4bn plastic bags in 2007, do you agree that it demonstrates an appalling lack of leadership that the Government bought 979,106 branded plastic bags in 2007 for promotional and marketing purposes?

• Reference: 2008/0588
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

How many plastic bags did the GLA family buy for promotional and marketing purposes in 2006 and 2007? Please break the figures down by organisation.

• Reference: 2008/0586
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Given that up to 40% of food packaging still cannot be recycled, what efforts have you made, as part of your Food Strategy, to lobby the government to develop a packaging strategy that will effectively and significantly reduce waste at the source?

• Reference: 2008/0585
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

A Barnardo's study into the causes of childhood obesity concludes that advertising and peer pressure tend to determine what poorer children eat, rather than nutrition classes in schools. Given that the IOC has already secured sponsorship from McDonalds and Coca-Cola for the Olympic Games, what provision is there in your Food Strategy to work with such companies to have a positive impact on the decisions that London's children will make about food come 2012?

• Reference: 2008/0584
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Do you think it sends the right message for LOCOG to have chosen British Airways as a sponsorship partner, thus inextricably linking the 2012 Olympic Games to the promotion of aviation? What efforts have you made to encourage LOCOG to work with alternative transport providers to promote greener forms of travel, particularly for domestic and short haul journeys?

• Reference: 2008/0583
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

New research by Imperial College, London, and others, for the HYENA (hypertension & exposure to noise near airports) programme, finds that noise levels of over 35 decibels can immediately increase a sleeping person's blood pressure, increasing the risk of hypertension. Coupled with worrying statistics about the impact of air quality around Heathrow on the incidence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, have you lobbied the government to conduct an independent assessment of the impact of Heathrow on the health of Londoners and will you commission such a study in the absence of action by central government?