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• Reference: 2004/1904
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What did you discuss with Bernie Ecclestone when you met him on November 23rd and if it was to consider a London Grand Prix, what proposals for consultation do you have before firming up any plans?

• Reference: 2004/1917
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Do you believe that the identity cards scheme as proposed by the Government's Identity Cards Bill provides value-for-money for Londoners, or do you agree that the required funding would be better spent on improving public services, such as policing?

• Reference: 2004/1928
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Can the mayor tell us when Oxford Street will be getting its Christmas lights this year? At the moment there are just a couple of searchlights from an old POW camp.

• Reference: 2004/1933
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Do you believe that the additional powers you are to be given over commuter rail in Greater London in the forthcoming Railways Bill will enable you to give Londoners any serious improvement in the standard of their travelling experience during your second term ?

• Reference: 2004/1938
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How do you reconcile planning 10,000 car parking spaces at Stratford City and similar provision for Silvertown Quays with the aim of making Thames Gateway regeneration sustainable ? Is this not clear evidence that Labour's vision for the Thames Gateway has not moved on from Thamesmead ?

• Reference: 2004/1944
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

At MQT on 20th October, you said that "you cannot get much beyond what we are expecting people to pay" on Underground fares. TfL's Five Year Plan states that if fares don't rise above inflation, other charges must be raised further to compensate. Does this mean that you plan to raise bus fares further to pay for the Underground, or that you plan to raise the Congestion Charge further, to pay for both?

• Reference: 2004/1865
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Given your acknowledgement, as reported in the Muswell Hill Journal on 3 June 2004, that the Alexandra Palace is a "regional resource" and a "huge financial burden" for the borough of Haringey and that suggested extra funding could be made available to it by the Greater London Authority, could you detail what steps you have taken since June to offer your assistance to Haringey and set out what immediate and/or future plans you have to do so.

• Reference: 2004/1866
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How will the London Cultural Consortium be funded? What GLA resources have been set aside to support the operation and running of the Consortium in future years? What role will the LDA take in the Consortium?

• Reference: 2004/1869
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How much has the LDA spent on tourism initiatives each year since it was established?

• Reference: 2004/1871
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Which of the proposed bills and legislation outlined in the Queen's Speech do you (a) support (b) not support, and why? What impact do you anticipate each proposed Bill to have on London?