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• Reference: 2005/0004-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

At MQT on 15 December the Mayor confirmed that he had editorial control of the Londoner. However, he also said that he doesn't read it before it goes to print. Who from the Mayor's Office has authority to place articles in the Londoner and sign off copy before it goes to print?

• Reference: 2004/0118-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Will you reconsider the time that TfL allots for consultation on major road changes, and allow more time for consultation, particularly over holiday periods? For example, a proposal by TfL to install a bus lane in Roehampton Lane was given only two weeks consultation period over the Christmas and New Year holidays (from the 22nd December to 5th January) which is just not acceptable for such a sensitive issue.

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Thank you very much, and I thank Peter Hendy for acting so fast. He told me the reason for this error was the printing timescale, which went all wrong. But this is a very sensitive issue in this area because of the closure of Richmond Park. So there is a lot of transport that goes up and down Roehampton Lane and Priory Lane and is now going to go to Roehampton Estate. That is our worry, with two schools in there and lots of children around, the worry that all this transport that cannot get down Roehampton Lane because of...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

In fact, at the Finance Committee the other day, we were told that funding for police security was already factored in. Ms Cassani, I am afraid it is the police that will be doing the policing and not private security firms. There will be extra police needed. We are on a high alert for anti-terrorism and this will quite clearly continue for some time. It is silly to think that a private company is going to come in and do this. But my point, Mr Mayor, is we are not obsessed about cost, we are not mean, we actually welcome...

• Reference: 2003/0041
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Do you agree that there should be a no strike agreement for firefighters? .

• Reference: 2003/0046
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

How rigorous has LFEPA's search for efficiency savings been as part of the 2003/04 budget process? .

• Reference: 2003/0047
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

What was your justification for offering LFEPA staff a London Weighting of £4308 and how do you intend to fund this? .

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Thank you very much indeed. Can I ask both you, Valerie, and Mr Bishop a question in two parts? First of all, Valerie, have you publicly criticised the fire union for going out on these strikes during this period, when everybody knows the Metropolitan Police is on the highest alert in London that it has ever been? And Mr Bishop, have you had further discussions with the other public services, emergency services, in the event, God forbid, that in fact there should be some kind of terrorist incident on a day when the Fire Service is actually on strike? What...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

I spent about two hours yesterday with the London Ambulance Service, and yes, the Fire Service is keeping their progress back, because they have moved on tremendously. They have got a four-year programme. They're in the third year of that, and they are looking to all sorts of pilots. And the Fire Service should be coming in with them, because the most important thing, as we're saying, is to get there quickly, and save more lives.

• Reference: 2002/0112-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

I have had a complaint from a constituent who works for London Underground, and to quote, "The current dispute is making working life intolerably difficult for many of us. I faced constant abuse from members of the public I was trying to assist on Wednesday, and now I have been suffering abuse and aggressive behaviour from union activists who are trying to intimidate and pester staff who came to work during the strike. I feel very strongly that this strike has been extremely destructive and is totally unjustified." "I am horrified and appalled at Ken Livingstone's actions and his failure...