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• Reference: 2012/0412
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

In 2009 responding to a question in relation to police officers with criminal convictions, you said: 'when it comes to issues of dishonesty it is absolutely inconceivable to me that officers should remain in post'. Do you still believe this?

• Reference: 2012/0414
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

What steps have you taken to ensure that visitors to London are not ripped off during the Games by exorbitant hotel and dining costs? What meetings have you had with the hospitality industry to bring pressure on them to keep prices reasonable during the Olympic and Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2012/0415
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

A large number of 'budget' hotels, particularly around transport hubs in London, have out of date accreditation plaques outside their doors. What steps have you taken to ensure that visitors to London aren't misled about the type of accommodation offered by hotels which display accreditation plaques to which they are not entitled?

• Reference: 2012/0416
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

How many tickets in the Get Set Scheme have been allocated to schools in each of the London Boroughs (broken down by Borough)?

• Reference: 2012/0417
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

Will you publish a copy of the grant agreement between the GLA and the British Fashion Council (which runs London Fashion Week) in relation to the £750,000 grant for 2012/13? Does this agreement contain clauses in relation to the health of models?

• Reference: 2012/0418
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

Do you think it is acceptable that the statutory definition of overcrowded housing has not been updated for 75 years?

• Reference: 2012/0419
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

What steps have you taken to ensure that the new Major Projects Leadership Academy learns one of the key lessons from the Games - namely that the employment targets set out by the ODA and LOCOG (that 7-12% of their workforce be previously unemployed) were woefully inadequate, and that future large-scale projects need to set much more ambitious targets?

• Reference: 2012/0420
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

Will you work with the Major Projects Leadership Academy to ensure that apprenticeships are heavily promoted in future large-scale projects, with targets for contractors and sub-contractors included as terms in their contracts?

• Reference: 2012/0421
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

How can you justify the sweeping statement in your press release of 9th February that 83% of Londoners take part in physical exercise, when the small print shows that this includes people who exercise less than once a month? Isn't this another example of you misleading Londoners?

• Reference: 2012/0422
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

Will you work with the Major Projects Leadership Academy to ensure that employment targets in future large-scale projects are written into the terms of contracts of both contractors and sub-contractors, unlike the situation for the London 2012 Games, where there are no enforcement mechanisms in place?