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• Reference: 2004/0209-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

What proportion of new homes envisaged for the London Thames Gateway will not be deliverable without major enhancement of flood management schemes? When can we expect to see agreement and commencement of a programme of major enhancement of flood management in the London Thames Gateway? .

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

I am sure we will all feel completely safe in the hands of developers here in London, especially putting in an environmental project that they probably do not have very much sympathy for in the first place. I just think it is incredibly premature to start planning homes, houses or buildings before we have actually had any sort of flood management assessment. I think it is expected in 2008 or 2009, the interim results are going to be in May this year, apparently, but plans are already in hand. How can you possibly do that?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

Except you cannot actually roll out a Green Grid until you have got the land, and you have to have the land before any development takes place. This is not something you can impose afterwards; it has got to be there at the very beginning.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

I did not actually hear an answer to my question in there. I did ask what proportion of new homes will not be deliverable? I have got a very pretty map here which outlines where the development is going to be along the river, and it is clear that a huge proportion of those houses and buildings are going to be on flood plains. Now, I am not the only person to be concerned about this. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) have raised concerns about the issue of insuring these homes, simply because " you talk about one in...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

Let us talk about some of these improvements that you referred to in your opening remarks, the Green Grid for example. I understand that, not only has only a tiny percentage of the money been raised for that, but also you have not actually secured the land yet. When is all that going to happen?

• Reference: 2003/0351
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

What more needs to be done to reduce domestic violence? .

• Reference: 2003/0405
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

What is the timetable for reaching the target of 59% of safety camera offences turned into fines paid? .

• Reference: 2003/0408
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Do you think that the MPA should adopt an objective of a cultural shift in the attitude to speeding, with a reduction across the London road network in the proportion of people breaking the law; .

• Reference: 2003/0401
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

What plans does the Commissioner have to ensure adequate officers are working to combat the sale of illegally felled timber, particularly now that broadleaved mahogany has been listed on Appendix II of CITES, making it illegal to import it into the UK without a license, and therefore illegal to sell it in the UK? .