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• Reference: 2012/4048
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Is the Mayor confident that the changes to the benefit system next year will not impact disproportionately on already hard-pressed Londoners?

• Reference: 2012/4384
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

I have been asked to raise concerns about the pedestrian crossings on Putney High Street. My constituent feels that vehicles blocking the crossing and short pedestrian crossing times are a real danger to residents. What will the Mayor do to resolve this problem?

• Reference: 2012/4385
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Do you agree that where possible, and in line with the Go 20 road safety campaign, drivers on residential roads should comply with a 20mph speed limit? In particular, a constituent has asked me to raise the issue of Werter Road, Putney, as an example of a residential road that could benefit from encouraging drivers to drive at less than 20 miles per hour. What will you do about the issue of this specific road and the broader issue of speed limits?

• Reference: 2012/4386
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

I have had emails raising concerns about the safety of both Battersea and Putney Bridge for cyclists. Problems include potholes in the road and no space for cyclists to get over the bridge safely. What work will the Mayor do to promote safety in these areas?

• Reference: 2012/4387
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Further to MQT 374/2012, when will data on the operation in London of the Bursary Fund be provided to the Mayor? Will this be provided to the London Assembly? Does, or will, this data include details of the amount per head paid to eligible students and will the Mayor provide figures as to the number of students assisted and the average, maximum and minimum amounts paid out to students as well as the numbers who would previously have been eligible for EMA who are no longer receiving financial support?

• Reference: 2012/4388
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Given the fall in the number of students applying to go on to University nationally, does the Mayor have any concerns that students in London may be put off by the rise in fees and other costs, such as rent, from going on to university? What is he doing to address any concerns he may have on this matter?

• Reference: 2012/4389
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Does the Mayor consider it important to save the Black cab? Does he support those campaigning to save the iconic vehicle and what has he done to ensure cab production remains viable in the UK? What is the Mayor doing to ensure those cab drivers currently and potentially affected by issues with the supply of vehicles are not put in a position where they are left without vehicles thereby threatening their livelihood?

• Reference: 2012/4390
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Further to MQT 3760/2012 when in 2013 does the Mayor expect a work plan to be available and will the plan have the status of a publicly available strategy which includes details of how the obstacles identified by the health team will be overcome and where responsibility for dealing with the issues lie? Which stakeholders form the 'much wider professional stakeholder' group with whom the plan will be launched and how will users be engaged in the process of developing a work plan?

• Reference: 2012/4381
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

A constituent has raised concerns about the traffic lights at the A328 road/Wimbledon to Croydon tramlink, noting that the traffic light durations on this road could be better set to avoid long traffic queues. What will the Mayor ask TfL to address these concerns?

• Reference: 2012/4382
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

The Bottle Stop campaign is a campaign to make plastic glasses and bottles mandatory in clubs and pubs that have had an unacceptable number of attacks involving the glass containers that drinks are served in. Do you agree that this action could save lives, and that, though it is not the only step to be taken, it should be supported? If so, what action will the Mayor take to ensure this measure is introduced by the relevant authorities?