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• Reference: 2003/2358
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What progress have you made in agreeing increased service levels to reduce overcrowding on London trains as outlined in your manifesto? .

• Reference: 2003/2359
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What do you see as your role in averting industrial action on the London Underground? At your press conference on 2nd Dec you said there was nothing you could do to make matters better, in relation to the tube go-slow action. Why did your meeting with the unions fail to secure a positive outcome for the traveling public in London? .

• Reference: 2003/2360
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What is your position in relation to Haringey wanting to sell off one of London's public assets, Alexandra Palace? .

• Reference: 2003/2361
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

The ever escalating cost of housing is both pricing many Londoners out of the housing market and fuelling central governments coffers stamp duty on residential sales is now taking a billion pounds a year out of London. Why have you not made a stronger case for these resources to be invested back to meet the affordability crisis? What arguments have you been making for regionally hypothecated taxes as part of the total case for London? .

• Reference: 2003/2362
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Figures uncovered by Simon Hughes show that the number of homes sold in London for under £100,000 has plummeted from almost 75,000 in 1997 to just over 16,000 last year. Over the same period, only 22,736 affordable homes have been added to the housing stock. Doesn't this demonstrate that efforts during your term of office to address London's housing needs have failed to measure up to the scale of the crisis? .

• Reference: 2003/2363
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

How much money will each of the following bodies contribute to the Athens Olympic Torch Event on 26th June 2004, which is expected to cost £400,000; i) The LDA, ii) GOL, iii) DCMS iv) HM Treasury, v) Core GLA? What will be the total cost of the event, including the evening reception and the launch in November? .

• Reference: 2003/2364
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Are you concerned that the extra measures to address national security in central London could be having an impact on crime levels in the Boroughs? .

• Reference: 2003/2365
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What representations will you make to the government to ensure that public and voluntary sector agencies have sufficient resources to cope with the increasing numbers of people living in London with HIV? Given your statutory duty to promote the health and well-being of Londoners, have you had any discussions with the NHS in relation to HIV prevention campaigns in the capital? .

• Reference: 2003/2367
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What progress has Transport for London made in developing the Cross River Tram Project (Camden to Peckham) and what is your current projection of the date by which it can begin operating? .

• Reference: 2003/2368
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What success have you had in persuading the Strategic Rail Authority of the need to upgrade the North London Line to metro standards, to increase the length of station platforms so that longer trains can use them, and to improve the signalling of the line? .