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• Reference: 2002/0934
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

Assuming a start date of April 1st for the Freedom Pass for men over 60, what increase in bus ridership do you expect from such a change? .

• Reference: 2002/0941
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

Will you be asking the GLA's Animal Protection Officer to work with animal organisations in developing humane yet effective pigeon control methods that avoid either culling or starvation? .

• Reference: 2002/0942
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

What measurement of congestion are you using as a base level against which you will measure changes in congestion post the introduction of the congestion charge ? .

• Reference: 2002/0943
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

Please give your analysis of the changing rate in congestion in London since May 2000. .

• Reference: 2002/0944
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

London's economy is a people business. The retail trade, hotels and restaurants, financial businesses, real estate, renting and such business activities, public administration, education and health and other social personal services account for 80% of employment in London. In these circumstances, a tax on people's movement is an important threat to a London economy facing a significant downturn in economic growth. What estimate have you made of a reduction in economic growth arising from the introduction of the congestion charge. .

• Reference: 2002/0945
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

FRESA recognises "the importance of engaging the business community in defining and providing action frameworks for improving employment and skills action in London." How many businesses should be contacted to achieve this important aspiration? .

• Reference: 2002/0946
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

The London Skills Commission's document entitled `London's Framework for Regional Employment and Skills Action" is a good document which endeavours to break through the multitude of Government initiatives on skills shortages in London. What could be done to meet FRESA"s desire to make it easy for London employers to "influence the shape of the learning service"? 2. What should be done to meet Part III of Strategic Objective 3 of FRESA to recognise and address the unique barriers to workforce development faced by small, medium and micro enterprises? .

• Reference: 2002/0947
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

The editorial of the November Croydon Advertiser Business News stated: "There is an undoubted need for major redevelopment in East London, but he [Mayor Livingstone] proposes measures that would constrain commerce elsewhere in the capital." "He wants the rest of Greater London to service his new city in the East, despite the inherent dangers of putting all his economic eggs in one basket." The editorial also concluded: "We must foster a spirit of free enterprise in South London as a bulwark against well-meaning but misguided attempts to make it a dormitory suburb of the promising East." What is your response...

• Reference: 2002/0948
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

What assurances can you give that there are fail safe measures in place to ensure that there is no misuse of information or fraudulent use of information gleaned from the operation of the congestion charge scheme ? .

• Reference: 2002/0949
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 December 2002

I was intrigued that at the last Mayor's Question Time you spoke of a 10 to 15 % reduction in traffic in the charge zone after the introduction of the congestion charge. What percentage of private vehicle travellers do you expect to a) divert to public transport b) divert around the charge zone in private vehicles c) elect not to make their journey at all ? .