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  • Concern (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
    Mr Mayor, you gave a commitment to make London 2012, the London Games, the most accessible Games ever. If you are serious about this pledge, why are the temporary manual boarding ramps being introduced to 16 stations only temporary, given that you are talking about leaving a permanent legacy for the Olympic Games, which you said will be the most accessible ever?
  • Concern (Supplementary) [20]

    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
    Yes, whether that would be feasible. Also, is it sufficient that only about 21% of stations are fully accessible for games, which you said would provide the most accessible games in the history of the Olympics?
  • Concern (Supplementary) [23]

    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
    Well, I mean, you ask people who use it, the local hospital patients or other users of that station, they will not accept your description that their station is by any means practically and in real terms accessible. The question is that station, as well as Harrow on the Hill, whatever the cost is, the fact is, if you are serious about regeneration, if you are serious about making those stations accessible, then you have to give us a programme as to when we can expect something being done. We cannot have this indefinite situation where there is absolutely no...
  • Concern (Supplementary) [32]

    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
    Mr Mayor, the question is twofold: one is that, of the 270 stations served by Underground network, only 65 which would be fully accessible come London Olympics, and then there you have got this temporary ramps, manually placed at some stations. The question is that, are those temporary ramps at all for future feasible to be used as entry measures? The serious question is --
  • LIFE

    • Reference: 2011/0099-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    Given the £1m funding of the LIFE courses, how much money is LFEPA receiving from other partners to run the courses, and can you give a commitment that if there are issues in receiving funding from partners the LIFE courses will continue without any cut-backs?
  • Shut in Lifts Policy 2

    • Reference: 2011/0101-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    What action is being taken by the London Fire Brigade against those with a high level of shut in lifts incidents?
  • Fire Deaths

    • Reference: 2011/0102-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    Given that vulnerable elderly people account for over half of fire deaths in the capital, what additional inspection work will be undertaken with Directors of Adult Services and Adult Safeguarding Boards in local authorities to reverse this trend?
  • Fire Deaths 3

    • Reference: 2011/0104-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    How will you ensure that fire safety messages reach those young, educated London professionals whose lifestyle traits are the cause of 25% of accidental house fires, as reported recently?
  • Fire Deaths 4

    • Reference: 2011/0105-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    What are the implications for the London Fire Brigade on the reported increase in fatal fires occurring in converted garages occupied as homes and not supported by the appropriate planning and building regulations? What action is the Authority taking on this and the proliferation of 'out-buildings' built in back gardens and posing significant fire risks.
  • Fridge Fires

    • Reference: 2011/0106-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    After the recent spate of house fires, including the high profile fire in Bermondsey, caused by a faulty defroster timer switch on an appliance, how will the excellent partnership-working by the London Fire Brigade's fire investigation team be promoted to alert Londoners and manufacturers to the potential danger?