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• Reference: 2007/1234
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 23 May 2007

Given the massive increase in congestion in and around the Blackwall Tunnel following the abandonment of the tidal flow system, does the Mayor not think that the potential for accidents could be reduced by more high-profile policing of the area rather than the current unsatisfactory situation?

• Reference: 2007/1235
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 23 May 2007

Will the Mayor give an unequivocal undertaking that he will not impose any tolls on the Blackwall Tunnel or adjoining roads now or in the future?

• Reference: 2007/1236
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 23 May 2007

How much money has been received so far as part of the deal between TfL and the Venezuelan government and what is the cost to TfL so far of any advice given as part of the deal?

• Reference: 2007/1237
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 23 May 2007

Can the Mayor provide costings for the implementation and administration of his cheap travel scheme?

• Reference: 2007/1238
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 23 May 2007

Does the Mayor support the imposition of VAT at the standard rate of 17.5% on Home Information Packs, the introduction of which he has welcomed?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

So there will be a tenant, somebody who will use that facility afterwards?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

What about the International Broadcast Centre and the Media and Press Centre? You are going to build a huge facility there. What happens when the circus has moved on, what are you going to do with it?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

Just a brief point, Mr Mayor. What worries me is that this green debate is no longer scholarship, it has been taken over by politics. The discussion is now driven by politically driven forces with little interest in the value of free intellectual enquiry. That is what I think is being drowned out here. Science never stops. The debate is never over. Scientists are never at an end point. There is always more to be discovered. You find that in one decade the scientists say one thing, and then a decade later they say something else because they have moved...

• Reference: 2007/0848
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

The Mayor will probably agree with us that it is essential for under 18s to be able to go to the schools of their or their parents' choice without having to spend an inordinate amount of money on transport, while it is not essential for them to travel round London at taxpayers' expense the rest of the time. Why is it not possible to issue all under 18s who live beyond a reasonable walking distance from their schools and colleges with a free pass for that purpose only?

• Reference: 2007/0849
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

What are the contractual arrangements between TfL and the bus companies regarding the purchase of fuel for buses (ie. who actually pays for the fuel)?