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• Reference: 2008/0577
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

In your 3rd term, will you be working with Housing Associations who fail to consult on major regeneration proposals if they approach you for funding of the affordable housing elements?

• Reference: 2007/2806
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

Only 50 bicycle spaces are available at the reopened St Pancras station. Do you agree that this number is inadequate and will more spaces be provided?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Finally, given that you have milestones and key milestones and a set date to achieve it, would it not have been better to have set up bonus payments rather than contingency sums, given that is going to be the name of the game - getting to key stages at key times at critical points? Clearly we would rather be giving them money for achieving that, rather than spending their time making those claims, which invariably half the building trade does.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Sir Roy, if we accept the Government figures as the upper limits to the expenditure on the Olympics, I think the key thing is the management of the contingencies. I am worried that we find ourselves in contracts with contractors who then spend most of their time making claims for the contingencies. They are very generous; about 60% of the build costs. I have certainly had that experience of managing projects myself. What do you have lined up in the procurement arrangements with contractors which make sure they focus and achieve the milestones, rather than putting in the estimators to...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

You have mentioned the Cabinet Committees that are keeping an eye on this. Surely the building contract and the legality of that will supersede anything that they can decide about which contingency sums can be drawn from or not.

• Reference: 2007/0669
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

I appreciate that you have no powers over the First Great Western franchise but can you please lobby them to make sure that they improve their London commuter services which run from Paddington and continue to be one of the worst rail commuter lines in London whilst making the largest profits?

• Reference: 2006/2509
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 November 2006

What benefits for residents and businesses do you expect for Sommerstown in Camden from the Cross River Tram?

• Reference: 2004/1098
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 September 2004

While the government is seeking long terms solutions to the on going demand for new cemetery space in London what action is the Mayor take in the short term and in particular what action is he taking with local authorities? The report 'Planning for Burial Space in London' concludes that the only alternative to re-use is increasing land shortages and dereliction. The report goes on to say that the government needs to bring forward changes in legislation for London as soon as possible in order to achieve a number of things including stopping 'the growth in the number of people...