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  • Incidence and Nature of Poverty in London (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Geoff Pope
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    I think this is a question about transport and the effect on poverty, so it might be appropriate for Mr Ross. We know that part of the nature of poverty in London is the cost of travelling, not only to economic and business opportunities, but also, for those perhaps who are less mobile, to hospitals and health centres. We have the situation in London where those people who travel relatively infrequently find that for the cheapest fares you actually need to purchase up-front an Oyster card. If you do not do this, because you've only have a small amount of...

  • Incidence and Nature of Poverty in London (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    I was just wondering what the impact of the minimum wage has been in London in reducing relative poverty. Clearly, it affects those in employment, rather than those outside it, but I would like some idea of what the experts feel has been the impact.

  • Incidence and Nature of Poverty in London (Supplementary) [12]

    • Question by: Geoff Pope
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    Given that there is a clear policy to move fully to cashless bus services, which will then have an level playing field, would it not be sensible to explore a campaign to get the last few people over to Oyster cards, including giving out free Oyster cards to people, particularly on the bus routes, where cash is being used a great deal. Brian Coleman (Chairman): I think perhaps, Mr Pope, that this is a specific item of policy which is for the Transport Committee, which you chair, to take up.

  • Incidence and Nature of Poverty in London (Supplementary) [17]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    I understand that there should be a London rate, and I think there has been work done on that, on the living wage. Coming back to Kate (Green)'s point that tax credits are more significant, one of the experiences I have come across is that the bureaucracy of targeted financial programmes can be such that it actually puts off a lot of people from sitting down and putting in the applications that they are perfectly entitled to make. I don't know if you have got any thoughts on that, and how that can be cleared up so that it's a...