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  • Housing Strategy (2)

    • Reference: 2013/4691
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What will be the benefits to London's private rented sector of your plans to achieve institutional investment in 5,000 new homes as set out in your new draft Housing Strategy?

  • Berlin road laws

    • Reference: 2013/4692
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    In Berlin, any fine issued to a cyclist over €45 also results in penalty points of the driving licence of said cyclist. Do you think that such a scheme could help ensure that all road users obey the rules of the road and help dispel some of the tension between cyclists and other road users?

  • Driving lessons in Holland

    • Reference: 2013/4693
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Driving instructors in Holland teach new drivers to use their right hand to open the car door, forcing drivers to turn in their seat, putting them in a better position to see if a cyclist is approaching from behind. Would you support this good practice and urge the Driving Standards Agency to look into the proposal?

  • New research on cycling risk

    • Reference: 2013/4694
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Have you read the new paper from the International Cycling safety conference that has found that when sex and age group are accounted for, cycling is not systematically riskier than walking or driving, and that young males are five times more at risk when driving than when cycling?

  • Enforcing road laws

    • Reference: 2013/4695
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Might plain clothes policemen on bikes be better placed to enforce traffic rules for all road users, than uniformed policemen placed stationary at some busy junctions?

  • Provision of additional taxi ranks outer London boroughs

    • Reference: 2013/4730
    • Question by: James Cleverly
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    According to the list of TfL Appointed Taxi Ranks updated on 4 September 2013, the boroughs of Bexley and Hillingdon have the lowest provision of taxi ranks, with Bexley having 1 and Hillingdon having 3 (of which 2 serve mainline railway stations). Will the Mayor ask TfL to undertake a feasibility study on the provision of additional taxi ranks in all outer London boroughs to assist suburban taxi drivers ply their trade and members of the public to use their services?

  • Air quality funding

    • Reference: 2013/4731
    • Question by: James Cleverly
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What will be the main benefits of the £335,000 Government funding that you have secured to improve London's air quality?

  • Bonuses

    • Reference: 2013/4687
    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    How much did the MPS pay out in bonuses in the last year for 'outstandingly unpleasant' work?

  • 24 Hour Tube

    • Reference: 2013/4712
    • Question by: Richard Tracey
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What effect do you expect the introduction of a 24 hour per day Tube on Fridays and Saturdays to have on London's economy?

  • Heathrow Noise (1)

    • Reference: 2013/4714
    • Question by: Richard Tracey
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Do you support London First's suggestion of a Noise Pollution Tsar?