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• Reference: 2006/0129-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

In response to the Environment Committee's Dereliction of Duty? report on brownfield development, the LDA committed to 'review of information on brownfield sites in London to establish the length of time sites have remained vacant and their potential for future use'. Can you update me on progress on this review?

• Reference: 2006/0135-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

You currently sponsor London Fashion Week through Creative London. Do you believe that it is appropriate for the London Development Agency to fund an event that promotes an unhealthy and unnatural image to young girls and women?

• Reference: 2006/0137-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

What does the concept of sustainable development mean in practice to an agency whose remit is essentially economic? Please give one example of the difference made by the LDA's stated commitment to sustainable development.

• Reference: 2006/0143-1
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Would the LDA knowingly provide funding to a company that registered with Companies House that was shown as "dormant"?

• Reference: 2006/0228-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

The LDA has said that the 100-year-old Manor Gardens allotments in Newham, bequeathed by Major Villiers to be allotments in perpetuity, will have to be concreteted over to make way for a footpath needed for the four week 'green' Olympics. Manor Gardens is all about exactly what Ken Livingstone always says he's trying to encourage - healthy living, social inclusion, sustainability, eco-living, encouraging a sense of togetherness among a diverse local community. These allotments are an oasis in the middle of an industrial desert, and a real lifeline for many. Is there not some way in which destruction of this...

• Reference: 2006/0119-1
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

How do the experts define poverty in one of the world's wealthiest cities, what does it mean for those individuals deemed to live below the 'poverty line', and why are some BME groups disproportionately affected?

• Reference: 2006/0120-1
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

The Government's stated aim is to eradicate poverty in the UK by 2020, but child poverty levels in London are as bad now as they were 10 years ago. Why?

• Reference: 2006/0121-1
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

What help and support do people look to the church and other faith groups to provide?

• Reference: 2006/0122-1
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

What role should people expect London's government and relevant organizations to play in giving them a helping hand out of poverty? Does the business sector perceive a role for itself in alleviating poverty in London?

• Reference: 2006/0123-1
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

How does EU structural funding benefit Londoners ? Is there a danger we may miss out in the next tranche of funding 2007-2013?