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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: 2005/2339
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How do you explain a rise in recorded crimes of violence on London Underground from 1,471 when you first came into office as Mayor to 2,622 in 2004/05? Can you list the steps Transport for London is currently taking to make Tube journeys safer for passengers?

• Reference: 2005/2341
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Are you satisfied that your draft budget for 2006/07 adequately reflects the needs of the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London in keeping Londoners safe on the capital's public transport system?

• Reference: 2005/2345
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Do you agree with the East London Line Group that the current phase of the East London line is the key to putting the Olympics within the reach of people in south-east London but that "without Phase 2"-the line to Clapham junction- "London's potential to deliver truly excellent transport for the Games is impaired"? What steps are you currently taking to ensure that Phase 2 of the extensions secure funding?

• Reference: 2005/2352
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How do you defend a situation where your Public Carriage Office (quite rightly) requires black cab operators to comply with new emission regulations, but imposes its cab specifications in such a way that operators can only buy vehicles manufactured by LTI? Is it acceptable that LTI should be increasing their profits on the back of the monopoly you have fostered, and when are other manufacturers going to be allowed to compete?

• Reference: 2005/2355
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How do you think that leaving pavements on TLRN roads icy and dangerous promotes the professed aims of your Transport Strategy to promote sustainable alternative forms of transport such as walking?

• Reference: 2005/2359
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Given your previous statement that you would "lock [Sir Ian Blair] in the room" until you dissuaded him from resigning over the de Menezes shooting, would you now accept the resignation if the IPCC investigation into his conduct over the case found him guilty of any or all of the accusations placed against him?

• Reference: 2005/2360
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Did you attend the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree Ceremony on 29th November 2005? Have you ever attended the ceremony in the past?

• 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.