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• Reference: 2010/4013
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

What assurances can the Mayor give concerning future revenue funding for both the established and newly opened Rape Crisis centres, given that the voluntary service is in such dire straights?

• Reference: 2010/4093
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Two stops in my constituency, Angel and Tufnell Park, were recently closed for certain periods of time because key staff fell sick and there were no colleagues available to provide cover. This led to massive disruptions for my constituents, especially at Angel, which is one of the busiest Underground stations in London. How will temporary closures like this be prevented when the tube staff cuts are implemented?

• Reference: 2010/4094
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Can you provide me with a breakdown showing: a. The number of tube station closures in the last 5 years due to staff illness? b. The average length of time that tube stations were closed for because of this reason?

• Reference: 2010/4096
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

One of my constituents has been stuck on a new Victoria Line train twice now and whilst being led to safety down the tracks he noticed that all the lights on the train go off whilst passengers disembark. Because it was so dark, passengers (including 6 pregnant women and a number of children) were bumping into the poles and each other. Can you answer the following question that my constituent has raised? a. Why was there no emergency lighting to escort passengers on the way out? b. Why weren't torches available to escort people safely of the train? c. Will...

• Reference: 2010/4097
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Over the past few weeks an unusual number of incidents have occurred on the Underground network during which we've seen among other passengers being led through tunnels because of broken down new Victoria Line trains. Can you guarantee my constituents that engineering works scheduled to finish in 2012 will not be delayed as a result of these incidents and cause huge embarrassment during the Olympics?

• Reference: 2010/4115
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Is there a distinction to be made between the tax relief that results from a pension payment being deducted from somebody's 'top line' pay and corporate tax avoidance that allows companies to bring income and profit onshore while minimising the UK tax, and could the effects of cuts to public services in London be mitigated if we made this distinction in law?

• Reference: 2010/4116
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Should the loopholes that lead to corporate tax avoidance measures - that allow companies to bring income and profit onshore (satisfying HMRC requirements) while minimising the UK tax paid - be closed to increase Treasury revenue and reduce cuts to public services in London?

• Reference: 2010/4117
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Should the loopholes that allow corporate tax avoidance to persist be closed, thereby ending the debate on whether corporate avoidance of tax is immoral and, if so, what would be the effect on London's economy?

• Reference: 2010/4118
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

At November 2010 Mayor's Question Time you told me 'I will join you in calling for tax evaders to be prosecuted'. Will you undertake to write to the Chancellor, George Osborne, reminding him that, by HMRC figures alone (National Fraud Indicator 2010), tax evasion costs the Treasury ten times more (£10.7 billion p.a) than benefit theft and urging him to invest equal resources in recouping benefit theft and evaded tax and securing convictions for those who do so?

• Reference: 2010/4119
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

What proposals have the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport made in transferring the Royal Parks to the GLA in relation to the accumulated works maintenance for that estate, estimated at £56 million in the 2009/10 RPA Report and Accounts?