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  • Taxpayer-funded "free" travel for children

    • Reference: 2008/0798
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 12 March 2008
    Does the Mayor believe that it sends a good signal to children to allow them to travel at taxpayers' expense? Does this not promote the dependency culture?
  • Cost/benefit analysis of Mayor's climate change projects

    • Reference: 2008/0795
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 12 March 2008
    Further to your answer to my question 531/2008 please can you supply the cost/benefit analysis figures for the solar panels on City Hall and the solar panel/wind turbine scheme at Palestra, both of which are unlikely to generate enough electricity in their entire lifetimes to even pay back the installation costs. How do you judge that such uneconomic projects promote London's economic development?
  • Venezuelan cash for advice scheme

    • Reference: 2008/0797
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 12 March 2008
    Is the mayor confident that TfL will continue to receive the expected revenue from this contract now that the assets of PDVSA have been frozen?
  • Mayor's Green initiatives

    • Reference: 2008/0531
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 20 February 2008
    Would the Mayor agree with One London that his green initiatives should be subjected to a proper cost-benefit analysis?
  • Non Domicile Londoners

    • Reference: 2008/0536
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 20 February 2008
    Does the Mayor agree with One London that any attempt to tax Londoners with non-domicile status will simply drive them out of London, resulting in reduced prosperity and minimal gain for the Treasury?
  • Sharia Law

    • Reference: 2008/0537
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 20 February 2008
    Does the Mayor agree with the Archbishop of Canterbury that some form of official legal accommodation with Sharia law in the UK is unavoidable?
  • Oyster card and Congestion charge

    • Reference: 2008/0534
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 20 February 2008
    Would the Mayor support One London's proposal to allow motorists to use their Oyster cards to pay the congestion charge at a discounted rate?
  • Light Bulbs

    • Reference: 2008/0299
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 30 January 2008
    At a recent press conference you claimed that 'energy efficient' lightbulbs use 80% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs. This seems to be based on the long-discredited claim that they give five times more light. What was the claim based on?
  • Tube Fare increases

    • Reference: 2008/0300
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 30 January 2008
    When stating that you intend to freeze tube fares in real terms in 2009, does this mean you intend to raise tube fares in line with the Retail Price Index or the Consumer Price Index?
  • Palestra Wind turbines

    • Reference: 2008/0301
    • Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
    • Meeting date: 30 January 2008
    Why is Scottish & Southern Electricity refusing to re-install the wind turbines on the Palestra building, and will there be any additional costs on top of the original £436,000 to re-install these wind turbines?