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• Reference: 2010/4265
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Your answer to MQ 3089/2010 states, 'in terms of animal welfare, there is no difference between halal and non-halal slaughter'! According to a major halal abattoir based in Somerset, the stun used 'knocks the animal out for around 15-20 seconds.' Opinion is that halal slaughter takes at least 4 minutes, and hence all that a 'low voltage stun' does is knock out the animal so that its throat can be cut with the least resistance. After 20 seconds, the animal is alive, breathing and fully conscious again and suffers tremendous pain for the remaining three and a half minutes of...

• Reference: 2010/4253
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

In light of your article in the Daily Telegraph on Monday 15 November, would you call for the Metropolitan Police to arrest George Bush Junior on Human Rights abuses should he come to London in the near future?

• Reference: 2010/4254
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Has work been halted because of funding issues on any construction sites engaged in building affordable homes under your 'affordable homes' target?

• Reference: 2010/4255
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Is your message about not capping immigration because of Britain's competitive edge at odds with trying to get unemployed Londoners back into work?

• Reference: 2010/4256
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Rather than bringing people in from abroad to fill job vacancies, would it not be in London's interest to train our own people to highly skilled levels to address any skills shortage?

• Reference: 2010/4257
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

In light of the unemployment level in the UK over the last 20 years, what do you think is the principal reason we still have a skills shortage?

• Reference: 2010/4258
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Your stated reason for not wanting to cap immigration is a shortage of skills in London! Are any of your London Taxpayer funded employment initiatives addressing this issue?

• Reference: 2010/4259
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Have you read this report and do you concur with its recommendations?

• Reference: 2010/4260
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

With a retrofit target of 1.2 million homes by 2015, how many homes have been 'retrofitted' to date?

• Reference: 2010/4261
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

With just over a year to go before the first ten low carbon zones are rolled out, can you advise where in London these zones are to apply?