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• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Joanne McCartney AM: Yes, I want to ask about something you touched on in your opening and that was the Total Recalls campaign and white goods fires. From my figures, you had 329 fires last year caused by faulty white goods. You have done some work on the cost to the public purse and it looks like it is around £19 million to £20 million per year that these fires cost London taxpayers. Do you think that the Government’s working group on product safety is strong enough? I know you have talked about a register now being put in place...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

I have a question pertaining to my area in particular and that is about the canoe venue which is going to be very near Enfield and Waltham Forest in the Lee Valley Regional Park. There have been reports this week that because the original site was contaminated, a new site may be having to be looked at. My question with legacy is this; I know with the original proposals Lee Valley Regional Park were putting in extra money, so there would be a real legacy for the area in terms of children being able to participate and a learning loop...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 15 November 2006

With regard to those extra regeneration costs, can I ask will we be getting shortly some indication of the benefits that they will bring as well?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 June 2006

My question is about jobs and the benefits of jobs, especially in London. I understand that London has actually been divided into three categories: there is the Olympic boroughs themselves, then the Thames Gateway, and after that there is the rest of London. I understand that they are going to be treated in terms of jobs and employment in that order. I am representing Tottenham, which has double the level of unemployment London average and is next door to the Olympic boroughs. This is a 15 minute train ride and a similar bus ride away. The people of Tottenham, I...