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• Reference: 2015/2637
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Will the Mayor discuss with TfL the possibility of having opening windows on the next batch of Routemasters, in order to improve the air circulation?

• Reference: 2015/2638
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Before this year's Notting Hill Carnival, attendees were warned by Paul Gibson, London Ambulance Service Tactical Commander, not to take legal highs due to the potential for those consuming them needing emergency treatment. In one incident alone at this year's Carnival - police confiscated 400 canisters of nitrous oxide. Can you update us as to what steps you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service have taken to further discourage the use of legal highs in London?

• Reference: 2015/2213
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 15 July 2015

Many residents and businesses say that they are constantly promised that their internet speeds will be increased, but in fact there has been very little progress. Can the Mayor therefore give a borough by borough update on what is happening with the installation of fibre optic broadband in London?

• Reference: 2015/2214
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 15 July 2015

Could the Mayor confirm when the London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, London Overground train line will have a 4 train an hour service from 6.00am to Midnight?

• Reference: 2015/2215
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 15 July 2015

Will the Mayor confirm that he understands the importance of allowing councils to opt out of converting commercial premises to residential in order to maintain a mix and to continue to offer opportunities for local employment and encourage business growth?

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 15 July 2015

Victoria Borwick AM MP: Thank you. Mr Mayor, just to take us back briefly to that other point, I am sure you were as delighted as I was that this Government undertook to honour Simon Stevens’ [Chief Executive Officer, NHS England] request for £8 billion in funding and to ring-fence the NHS funding. Just to put any clarification on the previous comments that were made, we have had an assurance that the NHS funding would continue and that Simon Stevens’ request will be met in full.

• Reference: 2015/1990
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 17 June 2015

The Olympic legacy and our work towards making London an 'Age Friendly' city have strengthened our reputation as one of the world's friendliest cities. How can we utilise our reputation to bolster London's global influence?

• Reference: 2015/1991
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 17 June 2015

Local residents in Knightsbridge are often blighted during the summer months by drivers in supercars who behave in an anti-social way, and have a complete disregard for the rules of the road. As we approach the summer, when the majority of these instances occur, what more can the Metropolitan Police Service do to crack down on drivers using some areas of London as their own personal race course?

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 17 June 2015

Victoria Borwick AM MP: Thank you. Mr Mayor, if I just follow on briefly on that, I actually speak in that sense for the wider area. Where the Tube lines are open on the surface, they may be hidden behind buildings, for example, fences, gardens and other things. What has happened is that TfL has replaced the old wooden joints with the concrete ones and there is nothing to absorb the vibration. That is part of the upgrade work, the result of which all of us in central London have had complaints, as these thing bed in, about the grinding...

• Reference: 2015/1496
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Across Transport for London's network the number of steps between platforms and street-level varies significantly. Would you encourage TfL to publish the number of stairs at each station between platforms and street-level in order to help passengers make informed decisions about which stations to use if they have limited mobility?