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• Reference: 2005/2401
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Will the Mayor instruct Transport for London to ensure that all bus services in the vicinity of the Princess Royal University Hospital enter the site to drop off and pick up patients?

• Reference: 2005/2395
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Can you confirm if residents of the London Borough of Hackney will be entitled to receive free passes to some Olympic events staged within the Borough? If so, will this privilege be extended to other London boroughs in which events are being staged? Will residents in areas outside London in which events are being staged also benefit from the same privilege?

• Reference: 2005/2396
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Could the Mayor comment on the practicality of Londoners being able to renew their Freedom Passes once every 4 years rather than the present 2 year limit? It has been suggested that such a move could potentially save costs on administration, distribution and hiring of buildings.

• Reference: 2005/2398
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How much has the LDA spent on costs associated with the MIPIM conference, broken down by each year (including the 2003 & 2005 conferences previously asked about in MQTs) that the Mayor, Deputy Mayor or functional body and GLA officers have attended? What costs were also borne by the organisers?

• Reference: 2005/2399
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Have there been any quantifiable benefits as a direct result of attendance at the MIPIM conference?

• Reference: 2005/2400
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

I understand that the Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust is in the process of writing to Mayor Livingstone to invite him to the Princess Royal University Hospital to see for himself how the lack of adequate access by public transport is impacting on patient care. Will the Mayor confirm that he will visit the hospital to witness at first hand the difficulties patients experience in accessing the site? The Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough is one of the major hospitals for Bromley and South East London. Access by public transport is limited with the majority of bus services stopping on...

• Reference: 2005/2402
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Will TfL investigate placing traffic signals on the A21 at the entrance to the Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley, to ensure that access to and egress from the site is improved?

• Reference: 2005/2486
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Can you verify that land owned by George Kessler and a caravan site owned by Mary Reilly, both LDA Board Members, are within land to be acquired by Compulsory Purchase Order as development land for the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/2487
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Would it be possible to remodel the track layout at Putney Bridge District line underground station so that 7 car trains can terminate there, perhaps on the outer face, when there are works or early termination of the route, invariably because of drivers work rota. This would be more convenient for the many commuters to Putney and Wimbledon as there are more bus routes from Putney Bridge.

• Reference: 2005/2488
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

While residents welcome and are grateful for the 493 bus which runs from Richmond via Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, Southfields, Wimbledon and terminating in St. George's Hospital, there have been complaints about the long delays in service; unhelpful drivers; buses not turning into St. George's Hospital and journeys cut short at Colliers Wood. I would be very grateful if TFL would look into these complaints and facilitate an improvement in the service.