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• Reference: 2002/0288-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

Do you agree that there should not be an empty seat in any London's theatre, when there are older people who would love to put "bums on seats"? Will last winter's scheme for offering free or subsidised theatre tickets be extended? .

• Reference: 2002/0289-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

Has the Mayor undertaken Health Impact Assessments into the impact of the congestion charge? .

• Reference: 2002/0290-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

Are you actively supporting the Government pilot to improve young peoples' health by extending the school day in order to integrate two hours of sports and exercise? Do you agree that radical solutions like this are likely to be necessary to stop a trend towards children pre-deceasing their parents in generations to come? .

• Reference: 2002/0291-1
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

New community buildings such as the Millennium School in Greenwich bring together education, primary care and community healthy living initiatives together to serve their local communities. How does the Mayor hope to support and promote this type of development? .

• Reference: 2002/0292-1
• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

What plans has the LDA and the Mayor to support initiatives aiming get more young people from educationally and socially disadvantaged backgrounds to medicine and related careers? .

• Reference: 2002/0296-1
• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

What health impacts on the health of local residents would you envisage will happen should an incinerator be permitted in Belvedere? .

• Reference: 2002/0298-1
• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

How do you plan to work with others to reduce TB rates amongst recently arrived immigrants? .

• Reference: 2002/0300-1
• Question by: Trevor Phillips
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

It is now clear - as highlighted in the Mayor's London Divided report - that poor standards and overcrowding in housing are closely linked to high levels of TB infection. What work are you doing to identify vulnerable areas? Will you work with London Boroughs to undertake an emergency programme of action for prevention and improved targeting of vulnerable people? .

• Reference: 2002/0301-1
• Question by: Trevor Phillips
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

There is a higher number of road traffic accidents in central London. This is also the area that will form the congestion charge zone. Have you made any assessment as to what effect the congestion charge will have on road injuries and fatalities? Can you assure us that you will measure and publish comparisons of road traffic accidents before and after the introduction of the congestion charge? Including breakdowns on age, gender, and ethnicity and whether or not the accident takes place inside the zone, outside the zone, or near the boundary? .

• Reference: 2002/0302-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

What plans are in place to extend the use of defibrillators and oxygen support? And what plans are in place to introduce a first responder and a co-responder scheme across services in London? .