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  • Expansion of Heathrow

    • Reference: 2007/2915
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    Given the economic arguments put forward by the government for the expansion of Heathrow, will you commission the GLA's economists to conduct an impact assessment to identify the negative economic impacts to Londoners if expansion were to go ahead and highlight the benefits of alternatives such as rail for short-haul, so that a fully rounded picture is available?"

  • Waste Management

    • Reference: 2007/2962
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    In view of your statement that "current arrangements for managing waste in London clearly aren't working" (November report to Assembly), what are you doing to work more constructively with the boroughs within the legislative parameters now set by your government?

  • Post Office Closures

    • Reference: 2007/3069
    • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    Given that the date of the GLA elections is well-known in advance, why does the Mayor think the date of the public consultation on Post Office Closures has only recently been brought forwards from April to February?

  • Skills Strategy (2)

    • Reference: 2007/3071
    • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    As local authorities will have a big role to play in implementing any skills strategy from the Mayor, how involved have they been in the production of the draft strategy?

  • Environmental Standards

    • Reference: 2007/2909
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    Do you agree that private developers ought to be compelled to meet the same tough environmental standards and timetable as housing associations to level the playing field and ensure that both could meet the Decent Environmental Standard by 2016?

  • Recycling investment

    • Reference: 2007/2910
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    How much investment was made in improving recycling in London for 2006/7? Please provide the figures for the GLA family and the London Boroughs.

  • Landfill

    • Reference: 2007/2911
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    How much did each London Borough spend on sending waste to landfill in 2006/7?

  • Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    • Reference: 2007/2912
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    What are household carbon dioxide emissions, per capita, for London? Please break down by borough.

  • Pigeons

    • Reference: 2007/2913
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    What are the estimates for the numbers of pigeons in Trafalgar Square for 2005/6 and the latest figures for 2006/7?

  • Home Insulation Programme

    • Reference: 2007/2914
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 12 December 2007
    How many of the 3,098 homes that have taken up your offer of discounted home insulation programme are the recipients of Housing Benefits?