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  • Arms Fair

    • Reference: 2005/1800
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 14 September 2005
    Is the Arms Fair, to be held at Excel, in the interests of Londoners or do you agree with me that, regardless of wider moral questions, this is not a suitable location? What could be done to discourage future events being held there, and who should meet the anticipated £4m policing costs?
  • Heritage Routemaster Services

    • Reference: 2005/1801
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 14 September 2005
    Will the new heritage routemaster services prove an enduring and positive legacy for these buses? Should they be more strongly targeted at tourists?
  • Leaside Regeneration

    • Reference: 2005/0336-1
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 08 September 2005
    What is the role, if any, of Leaside Regeneration in ensuring that the Olympics 'join up' with local communities?
  • Lottery Funding

    • Reference: 2005/0338-1
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 08 September 2005
    How will you (or if not you, who) help projects worthy of lottery funding in London avoid being disproportionately disadvantaged by the diversion of funds to the Olympics.
  • Stakeholder Board

    • Reference: 2005/0372-1
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 08 September 2005
    Will the Stakeholder Board be retained and if so, how will its membership and its terms of reference and powers be revised to better serve the next stages of preparation?
  • Local Community Interests

    • Reference: 2005/0335-1
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 08 September 2005
    How will you ensure that local community interest are both taken into account by and represented at the various Olympic delivery bodies? Would, for example, the membership of the ODA Board by a single council leader adequately secure this? What other models and mechanisms are being devised and used to root the Games firmly in the community?
  • PCO Registrations

    • Reference: 2005/1427
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 20 July 2005
    Is it reasonable that a vehicle bearing PCO registration for private hire can be sold bearing that registration?
  • Anti-Semitic Attacks

    • Reference: 2005/1431
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 20 July 2005
    Will you join me in condemning the recent anti-Semitic attack on the West Ham Jewish cemetery? What emphatic steps can be taken to reassure London's Jewish community that such actions will not be tolerated?
  • Gas Cylinder Storage

    • Reference: 2005/1432
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 20 July 2005
    Given the number of incidents causing massive disruption and evacuation should more be done to enforce the safe storage and monitoring of gas cylinders? Should we move towards a tighter regulation of acceptable locations for storing such equipment?
  • DHL

    • Reference: 2005/1433
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 20 July 2005
    Do you think the GLA should use DHL for parcel and document delivery given that it apparently refuses to deliver to some of London's poorest communities? And should we encourage other public bodies committed to Londoners to do the same?