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• Reference: 2009/3744
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Is the Mayor satisfied that, given his commitment to London being a Fair Trade City and that the 2012 Olympics would be sustainable and hence support Fairtrade, that one of the Olympic Venues, Wembley Stadium, does not provide Fairtrade products in its catering outlets?

• Reference: 2009/3357
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

Will the Mayor join me in condemning the sudden closure of South Harrow Post Office and join the call for Post Office Ltd to close this gap in coverage as soon as possible?

• Reference: 2009/3468
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

Harrow Council recently passed the following motion: 'Council deplores the decision by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, to increase bus fares by 12.7% overall and tube fares by 3.9% overall at a time when RPI inflation is 1.1%. Council is dismayed to hear that six more accessibility schemes for tube stations are being abandoned and that some bus and tube routes passengers will face less frequent services. These increases will wipe out by many times any of the savings of 12p a week made by the zero increase in the GLA precept -based on increases in previous years. Council...

• Reference: 2009/3469
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

Will the Mayor join me in commending the London Fire Brigade in the successful rescue from and management of the recent fire on Wembley High Road, where over 50 residents were evacuated in the middle of the night?

• Reference: 2009/3470
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

Does the Mayor believe suspension from local authorities should bar representation on the GLA's functional bodies? If not, why not?

• Reference: 2009/3471
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

Councillor David Ashton, Leader of Harrow Council, has recently admitted to a full meeting of the Council his letter to you imploring you reconsider your recommended rejection of the Edgware Town FC Planning application (which you then did) was based on the false information that 'the site has therefore remained unused for over three years' when in fact matches were still being played in 2008. Given Cllr Ashton's admission, will the Mayor now - revisit his decision to overturn a recommendation of rejection following the receipt of David Ashton's letter? - Accept that vital importance of transparency in planning decisions...

• Reference: 2009/3472
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

Would a heavy penalty for fraud imposed by the Standards' Board render, in your moral judgement, a Councillor 'unfit for office' on a functional body?

• Reference: 2009/3473
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

What, in your judgement, would render a Mayor appointee 'unfit for office' on a functional body?

• Reference: 2009/3474
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 November 2009

As the Mayor may know, the Brent Cross development was rejected in a public inquiry in 2000 on the basis that the future regeneration scheme for 2000 residential units was nebulous. The Secretary of State defined Brent Cross as a regional shopping centre in an out-of-centre location and should therefore be developed after local town centres which are favoured first. The developers consequently repositioned Brent Cross as a new town centre in order to address this criticism. However, on the recently reduced plans for BXC, there is no commitment to any of the future phases which would deliver community infrastructure...

• Reference: 2009/0161-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

What are the Chairman's priorities to build upon the 'excellent' Authority status achieved due to the leadership and vision of the previous administration?