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  • Law and Order

    • Reference: 2011/3213
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    Do you agree with Assembly Member Andrew Boff that the Metropolitan Police are being 'too severe' in shutting small-scale brothels ahead of the Olympics? Would you agree with Assembly Member Andrew Boff's call for brothels to be de-criminalised and licensed by London Councils? According to a poll in the capital, 72% of Londoners believe the Metropolitan Police should use water cannon to quell rioting in London, do you believe water cannon should be available and used if necessary?

  • Child Poverty

    • Reference: 2011/3214
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    According to the London's Poverty Profile report child poverty in outer London is on the increase. Would you agree your administration has let down children in the outer London boroughs by concentrating too much resource to inner London?

  • GLA Public Relations

    • Reference: 2011/3215
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    Would you agree that Conservative Assembly member Brian Coleman, who is reported to earn up to £120,000 a year on the public purse, has brought embarrassment upon the GLA by telling hard up London resident Sharada Osman to 'live in the real world'?

  • Sporting London

    • Reference: 2011/3216
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    Will you be stepping in to make sure Dukes Meadows tennis and golf centre remains open, bearing in mind it is widely used by the public and assists with many underprivileged children gaining access to sports that potentially would be out of their reach in the event of closure?

  • Your Legacy for London

    • Reference: 2011/3217
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    According to the report London's poverty profile, London is becoming 'more polarised' with some places becoming unaffordable for low and middle-income families. Do you think your Mayoralty is in danger of being remembered for leaving certain sections of Londoners poorer under this administration when compared to the previous administration?

  • Olympic Tickets for Schools

    • Reference: 2011/3218
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    Are you concerned that many London Schools have failed to sign up for free Olympic tickets and what further initiatives are you planning to increase take up?

  • Obesity in London

    • Reference: 2011/3219
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    You have rightly been concerned about obesity rates in London especially amongst children. Do you think the Health Minister's call for obese people to eat less is too simplistic or will you be incorporating that message in your strategy for tackling obesity?

  • Public Sector anomalies

    • Reference: 2011/3220
    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    The Metropolitan Police Federation have complained that tube drivers have been offered a 4% pay rise this year and inflation plus 0.25% in the following 4 years, furthermore, tube drivers can strike if they are unhappy with their pay and conditions. By contrast the Police are threatened with a pay cut and cannot strike, do you sympathise and agree with the Metropolitan Police Federation's complaint and are you concerned this is further eroding the morale of Metropolitan Police Officers?

  • Sharia Law: (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    These are three boroughs that have made it quite clear - and I have seen these when walking around, especially in Tower Hamlets. This came from the Daily Mail. Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets and Newham. The poster is here in the press of young people, Muslims, putting up these stickers on lamp posts saying you are entering Sharia zones. What are you going to do about this?

  • Sharia Law: (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2011
    Obviously I find that really quite hard to believe - that the Mayor of London is not fully aware of course. I have always believed what the press says, especially the Telegraph and the Daily Mail - but I will come back to that in a second. Let me take it in a different direction. Are you concerned that there are posters going up across London saying you are now entering a Sharia zone? What is your concern towards this? Do you not think that the aspect of Sharia law and its workings would be seen as a major intolerance...