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• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Indeed. That is showing up in the home safety checks which I think have risen from around 9,000 a couple of years ago to approximately 20,000 in the year that has just ended and the target for the current year is approximately 30,000. Even if you add all that up, that is 40,000-50,000 home safety checks. One or two per cent of Londoners have had a home safety check. Should we not be looking for a real huge step forward in this area?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

I have to say that I am surprised to see this question here, and it can only have come here because the Chair of the Authority has chosen to brief her colleagues on this. This matter is being debated, I thought, through the Chair's Coordinating Group which is normally a confidential body while options are discussed. Will the Chair confirm that there is no dispute that there are clearly variable natures of work between night and day? The crucial point is to establish that on the night shift there is no question of people being paid to sleep on the...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

.... I would just draw your attention, if you have not already seen it, to the evidence we received from the London Sustainable Development Commission. That is in a letter dated 20 September, where they basically draw attention to the very positive work that is going on, but they do make the point that in relation to legacy aspects, where the full sustainability, as it were, comes to be seen, that further work needs to be done on that. It particularly says, `Should the bid be successful, there needs to be a greater understanding of the sustainability aspects of the...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

All the discussion of the finances so far has focused on the cost side. Can I try to focus on the benefits side and ask what will be published as part of the case-making and the building of public support in terms of projections around the economic benefits - jobs, tax revenues, extra visitors, hotels, etc.? There ought to be a very positive economic case for this, and I fear it is not getting out.

• Reference: 2004/0304-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What is London's greatest asset in connection with the bid and how does it compare to our rivals?

• Reference: 2004/0316-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What plans are there to make the Olympic Village and other facilities for the Games (including housing) environmentally sustainable in terms of energy and water efficiency?

• Reference: 2003/0322
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Why has the Authority's sickness absence remained so stubbornly high, despite being highlighted by Her Majesty's Inspectorate over a year ago as one of the worst in the country? .

• Reference: 2003/0324
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Can you clarify the latest position on London Resilience funding? Are you concerned at the speed and manner in which the government is handling this important issue? .

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

I agree. Who pays?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

What about the money?