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• Reference: 2012/0366
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 22 February 2012

In the Sun newspaper of Friday 20 January following a reported interview with yourself, apparently you gave generous praise to the catering company Pret A Manger as "a huge employer of foreign labour"! Are Pret A Manger one of the companies signed up to your enhanced London Living wage initiative of £8.30 and hour?

• Reference: 2012/0346
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Robberies and sexual offences increased between April and September compared to the corresponding period a year earlier. Busses, Docklands Light Railway and the London Underground were all affected by the increase, what additional measures are TFL taking to arrest this worrying uptrend?

• Reference: 2012/0347
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

You overturned Merton Council's rejection of an anaerobic digestion plant for Sita UK in Mitcham. Merton Councillor Ian Munn said he was not surprised by your decision as London's planning laws made the scheme's approval inevitable. Is Councillor Munn correct, were you ever in a position to reject this application? In light of your decision for Sita UK in Mitcham, is the proposed facility by the North London Waste Authority at Pinkham Wood likely to be given the green light once all considerations have been met?

• Reference: 2012/0348
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Are negotiations underway between TFL and London bus drivers on 'special bonuses' for work during the Olympics? Are you in favour of increased salaries either through bonuses or other payments for Transport workers during the Olympic periods? Have TFL a contingency budget for increased 'salary costs' during the Olympics?

• Reference: 2012/0349
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

How many properties in London to-date have benefitted from this initiative?

• Reference: 2012/0350
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Bearing in mind by law the Metropolitan Police are not allowed to strike, do you think spending nearly £1 million of London taxpayers money funding union activists is excessive?

• Reference: 2012/0351
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Ken Livingstone has promised to call the ArcelorMittalOrbit 'the Johnson' should he be elected London Mayor in May; do you believe this to be a fitting tribute to your efforts on behalf of Londoners? If re-elected Mayor in May would you consider as a tribute to your predecessor naming the Thames Super Sewer 'The Livingstone Tunnel'?

• Reference: 2012/0352
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

From my discussions with white Londoners, it is my opinion that many feel more prominence is given to victims that are black than when the victim is white. Does it concern you that this perception exists within the white community and do you think more should be done to allay their perceived fears?

• Reference: 2012/0353
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Do you agree with the report by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Denis O'Connor who said that the police may need to take extraordinary measures to protect life and businesses in a 'riot situation' which may include the police using firearms to deter rioters and looters?

• Reference: 2011/4099
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 December 2011

Have the commercial sponsorship targets for London 2012 been met and if not will any shortfall need to be met by London taxpayers?