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• Reference: 2004/1874
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What progress have you made in convincing the Labour Government to commit all the proceeds of the proposed Olympic Lottery towards the cost of developing the venues for the London Olympic Games? How many ministers have you met with to push this issue forwards?

• Reference: 2004/1928
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Can the mayor tell us when Oxford Street will be getting its Christmas lights this year? At the moment there are just a couple of searchlights from an old POW camp.

• Reference: 2004/1944
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

At MQT on 20th October, you said that "you cannot get much beyond what we are expecting people to pay" on Underground fares. TfL's Five Year Plan states that if fares don't rise above inflation, other charges must be raised further to compensate. Does this mean that you plan to raise bus fares further to pay for the Underground, or that you plan to raise the Congestion Charge further, to pay for both?

• Reference: 2004/1867
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What has been the cost and lost police operational time for the current financial year of police officers being sick and therefore not available for duty in Brent and in Harrow?

• Reference: 2004/1868
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What has been the cost and lost operational police time for the current financial year as a result of police officers appearing in court to give evidence in prosecution cases in Brent and in Harrow? How much of this time has been abortive due to adjourned cases or cases that are withdrawn for lack of evidence?

• Reference: 2004/1870
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What effect will the draft provisional grant settlement have on proposals for Safer Neighbourhood policing in Brent & Harrow?

• Reference: 2004/1872
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What effect will the draft provisional grant settlement have on proposals for Safer Neighbourhood policing across London?

• Reference: 2004/1877
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Now that you have announced a 60% increase in the price of the congestion charge, with an increase in opposition to the westward expansion as a result, will you now withdraw your proposals to extend the congestion charge zone?

• Reference: 2004/1910
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

At the MQT on 15th September, you told us that you're having to put fares up because the government didn't give you enough money. According to TfL's five-year investment programme, you have no option but to increase fares - "To ensure that this investment programme can be financed, the Plan is predicated upon above-inflation increases in fares, the congestion charge and other transport-related income". Isn't it the case that you are obliged under the terms of the plan to increase fares, and that it has nothing to do with the government?

• Reference: 2004/1913
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Does the mayor agree with Sir John Stevens that the law on houselholders defending themselves against burglars needs to be reformed?