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• Reference: 2004/1840
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

In a recent article in the Estate Gazette it was stated that the demand for 50% affordable housing was preventing new homes from being built and that some boroughs are not reaching the targets set in the London Plan. Will you now admit that your 50% target is preventing developments?

• Reference: 2004/1845
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

At the last Mayor's Question Time you told us that ''Can I just say that I often find lots of documents produced here which had I had the time to go through them end would have a strongly different tone'.Sometimes things go out I completely disagree with....' Which 'things' that have gone out from City Hall don't you agree with and who was responsible for publishing them?

• 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: 2004/1904
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What did you discuss with Bernie Ecclestone when you met him on November 23rd and if it was to consider a London Grand Prix, what proposals for consultation do you have before firming up any plans?

• Reference: 2004/1917
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Do you believe that the identity cards scheme as proposed by the Government's Identity Cards Bill provides value-for-money for Londoners, or do you agree that the required funding would be better spent on improving public services, such as policing?

• 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: 2004/1933
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Do you believe that the additional powers you are to be given over commuter rail in Greater London in the forthcoming Railways Bill will enable you to give Londoners any serious improvement in the standard of their travelling experience during your second term ?

• Reference: 2004/1938
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How do you reconcile planning 10,000 car parking spaces at Stratford City and similar provision for Silvertown Quays with the aim of making Thames Gateway regeneration sustainable ? Is this not clear evidence that Labour's vision for the Thames Gateway has not moved on from Thamesmead ?

• 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: 2004/1729
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Are you concerned that the number of licensed Private Hire Vehicle drivers is well short of TfL's milestone targets? Apart from making the conditions for driver registration less stringent, have you considered increasing the number of licensing staff as a way of enabling you to meet your 2006 target of fully registering all drivers? Has the number of staff changed significantly since I asked you about this on the 21st May 2003?