Search questions

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 26 February 2014

Mr Mayor, whilst having regard to the statistics that Assembly Member Arnold put forward about the unemployment rate amongst the black communities in London, I would urge you to look at the experience of the London Development Agency (LDA) in its unsuccessful attempts to target, specifically, certain ethnic groups at a certain age in their development and I would urge you to concentrate on doing everything that you are able to do to improve the academic success rates of people within that particular group.

• Reference: 2014/0202
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 29 January 2014

Would you consider piloting body worn cameras for all frontline officers who may carry out stop and searches in a borough, such as Haringey, where community tensions with police have been high?

• Reference: 2013/4732
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

How has your Low Carbon Entrepreneur competition helped drive innovation and cut costs in the green economy in previous years, and what are your aims and ambitions for this year's competition?

• Reference: 2013/4729
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Whilst all other outer London boroughs have a provision of 3 or more taxi ranks, many of which are located at or very close to mainline railway stations, according to the list of TfL Appointed Taxi Ranks updated on 4 September 2013 there is only 1 taxi rank with space for 2 vehicles in the London Borough of Bexley, and that is located on Townley Road, Bexleyheath, some distance from the railway station. Will the Mayor ask TfL to undertake a feasibility study on the provision of a further taxi rank in the London Borough of Bexley, ideally close to...

• Reference: 2013/4730
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

According to the list of TfL Appointed Taxi Ranks updated on 4 September 2013, the boroughs of Bexley and Hillingdon have the lowest provision of taxi ranks, with Bexley having 1 and Hillingdon having 3 (of which 2 serve mainline railway stations). Will the Mayor ask TfL to undertake a feasibility study on the provision of additional taxi ranks in all outer London boroughs to assist suburban taxi drivers ply their trade and members of the public to use their services?

• Reference: 2013/4731
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

What will be the main benefits of the £335,000 Government funding that you have secured to improve London's air quality?

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 20 November 2013

Mr Mayor, do you agree that free school meals should be given to all the children at your great competitor school of Harrow? Do you think they should all get free school meals?

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 20 November 2013

Mr Mayor, we have already seen this morning the reaction from some Members to your response to a direct question about cyclists wearing headphones, and I am very conscious that a period immediately after a series of terrible incidents like this is often the hardest time to have a dispassionate conversation, quite understandably so. In light of that, and so that we can all make our decisions and policy choices in an environment of hard fact, will you be willing to commission a small discrete piece of statistical research done by a completely independent body, perhaps one of London’s academic...

• Reference: 2013/3990
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 20 November 2013

Has there been any assessment of the loss of tree coverage in London as a result of the recent storms, and in which areas? Will there be any support to help restore tree coverage, especially street trees, in the hardest hit areas, for example through your Street Trees or RE:LEAF programmes?

• Reference: 2013/3582
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 23 October 2013

Following a recent report which says that London's green economy has been booming in the last two years, what factors do you attribute to this success?