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  • Increased Traffic on the Thames

    • Reference: 2015/3480
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    With traffic on the Thames set to treble by 2019, how are you planning to make sure it is safe for Londoners?
  • Beddington Incinerator (1)

    • Reference: 2015/3481
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    While there is was not a statutory need to complete a Health Impact Assessment as part of the plans for an incinerator at Beddington, the GLA Act 1999 requires Londonwide policies to account for and promote health, and the London Plan also requires consideration of the impact of health and wellbeing on communities to be considered. When you approved the Beddington Incinerator were you satisfied that a Health Impact Assessment had been properly considered?
  • Beddington Incinerator (2)

    • Reference: 2015/3482
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    Why did Sir Edward Lister delegate the planning process to Sutton Council for the Beddington Incinerator?
  • Incinerator Safety

    • Reference: 2015/3483
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    What guidance and research on incinerator safety would your office consider when approving an Incinerator, do you think it would be more appropriate for an independent Health Impact Assessment to be carried out to ensure the independence of this report?
  • Competitiveness

    • Reference: 2015/3484
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    Following the news that Britain has slipped to 10th place in the World Economic Forum's League Table for global competitiveness, what steps are you taking to improve London's competitiveness?
  • Climate Change and the Economy (1)

    • Reference: 2015/3485
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    Do you agree with Mark Carney's recent comments that companies need to do more to ensure greater transparency about the extent of their current and future carbon emissions?
  • Climate Change and the Economy (2)

    • Reference: 2015/3486
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    What steps are you taking to ensure London businesses are aware of the extent of their exposure to climate change risks?
  • Climate Change and the Economy (3)

    • Reference: 2015/3487
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    Will you commit to work the business community to establish the true extent of London's exposure to the risk of the bursting of the carbon bubble?
  • Tech City

    • Reference: 2015/3488
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    Who is responsible for leading policy on matters relating to Tech City, Is it Tech City UK, London and Partners, the boroughs or No10 directly?
  • Long-term Worklessness

    • Reference: 2015/3489
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2015
    A new study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has found that 3.4% of working age households in Central London is made up of people who have never had a job, almost three times higher than the UK average. They conclude that many of those affected are young people who have been unable to find work after leaving education. What steps will you take to provide help and advice for Londoners entering the job market?