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• Reference: 2009/2914
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 October 2009

At the 2012 Games and Beyond meeting last June at the Walthamstow Assembly Hall, you promised the manager of the Orion Juniors Athletics Club that, if she would contact City Hall, Kate Hoey would see what could be done to help the 250 members when they loose their training facilities. Has there been any contact between the club and Kate Hoey and if so, what was the outcome of this meeting?

• Reference: 2009/2915
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 October 2009

Are you aware that your plans for increased canopy-cover with the current planting of 10,000 trees could be quite costly due to the number of trees that are being damaged by dogs. Will you agree to show some leadership in highlighting what is a growing London-wide problem and take the lead through appropriately co-ordinated action?

• Reference: 2009/2481
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

Equal Life Chances for All is based on the Mayor's Vision, and various bodies along the way are charged with interpreting this vision. However Londoners are rightly confused about the 'vision' as there are two very different messages coming from your office. These two visions were never more apparent than in the contradictory statements coming from your office about your decision not to enter the GLA in the Stonewall Equality index for 2010. Can you tell Londoners whether you think that: a) Index's such as the Stonewall's top 100 employers list are divisive. OR WHETHER b) In the words of...

• Reference: 2009/2605
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

With regard to the 'Measures to Monitor Section' of your Equal Life Chances for All document: Do you believe that the best way to examine an outcome is to measure only those groups that fit the answer you desire, as you describe in your measures to monitor? Do you agree that now you have scrapped the London stakeholder team many of these outcomes will be much more difficult to achieve let alone monitor? Who is going to measure these outcomes?

• Reference: 2009/2606
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

One of the bullet points in the Equal Life Chances for All document states that its aim is to 'Develop and Support a workforce that reflects London's population at all levels and work toward eliminating discrimination (including institutional discrimination), under-representation and disadvantage on any grounds' - Could you clarify whether this point is made in reference to London or the GLA Group?

• Reference: 2009/2607
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

The Equal Life Chances For All document states that a GLA Equality Policy Steering Group will be set up to monitor the implementation and organisation of the framework. When will it be formed and how will the group membership be determined?

• Reference: 2009/2608
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

How will you ensure that the membership of the GLA Equality Policy Steering group reflect the diversity of London's population?

• Reference: 2009/2609
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

Two of your desired outcomes in the Equal Life Chances for All framework is that Mayoral appointments should reflect the diversity of London's Communities and that London's MPs councillors and Assembly members should reflect the diversity of London's population. Could you outline the actions you intend to implement to ensure that London's MP's, AM's and Cllr's reflect the diversity of London's population? Could you give me a breakdown by diversity of all of your Mayoral appointments?

• Reference: 2009/2610
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

In August, you said on Youtube: "We are of course going to be rolling out more funding for centres in the East and in the North of the city as well." With Hackney currently having the second highest number of rape cases in London and a serial rapist on the loose in Waltham Forest, when can we expect a rape crisis centre to be opened in North East London?

• Reference: 2009/2611
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2009

The replacement of the bendy bus by single deck buses on route 507 resulted in absolute chaos with many passengers complaining about overcrowdedness and lack of seating. As a result, the papers have been full of letters from people calling for the return of the bendy bus. How much discomfort will passengers have to suffer before you finally admit that the bendy bus isn't as unpopular among users as you have always claimed?