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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: 2005/2411
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Can you confirm that your suggested pooling system of section 106 agreements could mean that you could use money allocated to one borough and spend in another?

• 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: 2005/2473
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How many additional staff would the GLA require should the new powers you would like be granted?

• Reference: 2005/2410
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

In your submission to the government on planning powers you suggested that: "The Mayor should have the power to call in applications for his decision (enabling him to grant planning permission as well as directing refusal), in those cases which meet the criteria for his involvement". However, in the consultation document it states under your proposals: "encourage a rethink of Government's role in the planning of London (but the Mayor does not propose that Ministers' current powers of call-in and direction should be removed)." Can you please clarify your position on this, do you wish to have call in powers?