• Reference: 2007/2643
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

MA3229 states that the GLA will 'enter into a letter agreement with Mark Quinn to protect the GLA's interests in 'Alison Lapper Pregnant'. Can you explain what precisely this agreement will mean and why the GLA's interests in the artwork were not already protected within original agreements with Mr Quinn?

• Reference: 2007/2642
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

Please will you provide provide a list of the selective licensing areas, which have been introduced by Local Housing Authorities, in areas where there is low housing demand and where there are significant anti-social behaviour problems?

• Reference: 2007/2641
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

How many HMOs have been licensed in Greater London under the Housing Act 2004 and, comparing these figures to pre-April 2006 figures for HMOs, how many HMOs do you estimate may not be licensed but may still be being operated by rogue landlords?

• Reference: 2007/2640
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

At least 45,000 face a possession order in London every year. It is feared that the number of London families who actually lose their homes could more than double next year. What provision have you made in your Housing Strategy and in the London Housing Advice Strategy to assist those Londoners facing the threat of repossession and to accommodate the London families who will lose the roof over their head in the coming year?

• Reference: 2007/2639
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

15,102 County court orders were issued for the repossession of homes in London in 2006 and that figure is set to rise by up to 75%, ahead of the worst property crisis for a decade. Do you consider that your Housing Strategy will provide sufficient decent, good quality social rented housing to meet the needs of those Londoners unable to sustain the burden of a mortgage?

• Reference: 2007/2638
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

As London ought to be at the forefront of the challenge to tackle climate change will you go further than the Government and endorse the Liberal Democrat commitment to set targets for 30% of electricity to come from non-nuclear, non-carbon emitting sources by 2020, rising to 100% by 2050, and what changes to your strategies and action plans will you now make to achieve this goal for London?

• Reference: 2007/2637
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

The Government may be preparing to renege on its commitment to the 20% European Council target for renewable energy by 2020. What are the implications for London's renewables target?

• Reference: 2007/2636
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

What assistance will the Mayor's Food Strategy provide to London's small and independent food retailers to help them to respond and adapt to the Competition Commission's preliminary report, in order to compete with the Big Four Supermarkets?

• Reference: 2007/2635
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

London Councils would need an estimated 4,000 extra re-cycling bins to capture just half of the free sheets given away. Do you consider that Associated Newspapers and News International's agreement to buy and manage 32 recycling bins in the West End fulfils the polluter pays principle?

• Reference: 2007/2634
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

Given that £2million is spent on removing chewing gum from London Underground trains and stations and £2.4 million at London Bus stations and shelters, compared to the £2.3 million that London Councils spend, will you be making any representations to London Councils to ensure that a proportionate amount of the revenue collected from the proposed chewing gum levy is used to deal with gum pollution on London's transport network?