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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 November 2014

John Biggs AM: I wanted to explore further questions about the cost pressures within the budget. On the face of it, the Mayor is giving a guarantee about levels of funding. There is £389 million this year, £382 million next year and £382 million the year after that. He is also giving some assurances about compensating for further cuts in core grants. If the core grant goes down, the amount from City Hall goes up. He is also giving some advice and nudging you to do things by flogging buildings and cushioning your capital budgets and he has been very...

• Reference: 2013/4507
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

Which organisations have contacted the London Fire Brigade about purchasing the Bow Fire Station site?

• Reference: 2013/4517
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What date will Bow Fire Station close and how will you be informing residents of their nearest fire station leading up to closure?

• Reference: 2013/4522
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What date will Silvertown Fire Station close and how will you be informing residents of their nearest fire station leading up to closure?

• Reference: 2013/4512
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

Which organisations have contacted the London Fire Brigade about purchasing the Silvertown Fire Station site?

• Reference: 2013/0039-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Can you confirm whether you are actively supporting an extension of the Barking-Gospel Oak line to Barking Riverside? And, if so, would you consider options for an intermediate station at Renwick Road? This is, in my view, an excellent proposal, by the way!

• Reference: 2013/0040-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

What active work is taking place into the proposed Silvertown Crossing?

• Reference: 2013/0041-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Regarding the Silvertown Crossing: i. Are you committed to ensuring that while capacity will grow there will be considerable mitigation to avoid this causing additional demand? ii. Are you considering in detail how its connections to the trunk road network will work? iii. Is the option for further tunnelling or road connections on the North side of the crossing being considered? iv. Are you looking at ways in which the traffic flows between Blackwall and Silvertown Crossings can be most efficiently and equitably shared?

• Reference: 2013/0042-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

What active work is taking place into the proposal for a fixed crossing between Newham and Bexley (formerly the Galleons Reach crossing)? Do you acknowledge that a ferry service will be at best a stopgap and that you might as well invest in the infrastructure East London needs?

• Reference: 2013/0043-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Will you explore the possibility of direct Barking to Stratford services, for example by diverting some Fenchurch Street services to call via Stratford rather than West Ham?