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• Reference: 2000/0429
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 20 December 2000

Will you agree to meet with representatives of the Islington Stadium Communities Alliance to discuss their concerns about the Arsenal Football Club development proposals before you make any decision on these applications when they are referred to you? .

• Reference: 2000/0466
• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 20 December 2000

Is the Mayor confident that satisfactory arrangements are being made to consult members of the ethnic minorities about the drawing up of the Spatial Development Strategy? .

• Reference: 2000/0456
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 20 December 2000

Is the Mayor aware that a proposal to widen the North Circular Road between Bounds Green and Green Lanes would, according to official figures cost £252m (enough to pay for up to 2,200 brand new double decker buses) require the demolition of 280 homes in North London and lead to worse air quality due to more traffic on the A406? Will he, therefore, provide an unambiguous statement that he will not support this new road scheme, but instead give priority to implementing traffic management, road safety, and public transport improvements along this stretch of road? .

• Reference: 2000/0351
• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

What is the Mayor's estimate of (a) the number of households in London at risk of flooding, (b) the proportion of these households currently included in the flood defence warning system? .

• Reference: 2000/0352
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Trains carrying hazardous nuclear waste through London are considerably heavier than those carrying commuters. Bearing in mind the three recent train crashes and the impact of the extreme weather conditions on the rail network, will the Mayor write to Sir Alastair Morton, Chairman of the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority to clarify what steps are being taken to protect Londoners from the possibility of a rail accident involving a nuclear shipment?

• Reference: 2000/0268
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 October 2000

Do you share the view outlined in the "Architect's Journal" of 7 September that the changes in design of the proposed Crystal Palace development, following the replacement of the original architect, Ian Ritchie, represents a "dumbing down" of this already controversial proposal? Do you believe Bromley councillors' approval of these changes on 3 October, despite not knowing what the building's finish will look like or what the impact will be, will only serve to strengthen the degree of opposition to the development amongst local people and confirm the view that Bromley Council has utterly failed to listen to those most...

• Reference: 2000/0278
• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 18 October 2000

Will the Mayor give his support to the recommendation in the Stewart Report that the siting of new mobile phone base stations should be subject to the normal planning process, and will he introduce a moratorium on the issuing of new contracts for mobile phone masts on GLA and TfL property until such a change is implemented? The Mayor: Victor Anderson: The Mayor:

• Reference: 2000/0208
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 September 2000

Is the Mayor disappointed with John Prescott's refusal to request that an Environmental Impact Assessment be required to accompany proposals to construct a jet aviation hangar within Green Belt Land at Biggin Hill Airport in Bromley? Will he write to the Secretary of State requesting that legislation governing Permitted Development Rights be amended in order to ensure that the democratic planning process is not circumvented for developments of this type? .

• Reference: 2000/0241
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 September 2000

Are you concerned that the excellent opportunities that the congestion charge provides for reducing road traffic and improving air quality in London may be undermined by the building of new Thames road crossings as proposed by the Thames Gateway London Partnership and London First? Prof. Phil Goodwin of the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment (SACTRA) expressed the view that he "would be amazed if new road crossings of the Thames in east London did not generate extra traffic." Do you support the building of these new road crossings?

• Reference: 2000/0158
• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 27 July 2000

Do you consider the current way in which OfSTED is working is helping or harming the education of children in London?