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• Reference: 2011/2388
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Whilst there was a welcome 3% reduction in bike thefts last year, there are still over 61 bikes stolen every day! Do you think this continued menace is hampering your efforts to see more people cycling in London?

• Reference: 2011/2389
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Some constituents have written to me unhappy that in such straitened economic times, you saw fit to raise the salaries of two of your advisors by 55.45% and 33.82% respectively. Are you comfortable with how the London taxpaying public may perceive these huge increases with most seeing big falls in their standard of living?

• Reference: 2011/2391
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

In light of the huge hikes announced in Energy prices recently, how many Londoners are anticipated be in fuel poverty by April 2012?

• Reference: 2011/2392
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Have you received a response from the Home Office regarding the relaxation in strict vetting procedures for people wishing to become taxi drivers?

• Reference: 2011/2393
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Have the recent riots together with the attendance of 10,000 officers brought in to police the Notting Hill Carnival blown the annual MPS budget completely off course?

• Reference: 2011/2394
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 September 2011

Are you in broad agreement with the Department for Transport in their support for a high-speed rail link from London to Birmingham and the North West operating via Euston Station?

• Reference: 2011/2127
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 13 July 2011

Despite pouring vast amounts of taxpayers' money at various initiatives including Operation Blunt 1 and 2, Time for Action and Operation Daedalus, knife crime for 2010 was up 8% in London at 13,619 incidents! Why do you think this menace continues to increase on the streets of London and are Londoners being given poor value for money from the authorities charged with keeping London safe from knife crime?

• Reference: 2011/2128
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 13 July 2011

Would it be fair to comment that unless the judiciary bring in seriously tough laws for carriers and users of knives in violent confrontation, no amount of taxpayer funded initiatives are going to bring this problem under proper control? Do you think the proposed law of a 6 month mandatory sentence for carrying a knife goes far enough in your quest to bring this menace under control in London?

• Reference: 2011/2130
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 13 July 2011

I understand Jack Straw has accused the police of selling 'road crash victims details' to personal injury lawyers, do you know if the Metropolitan Police have engaged in this practice?

• Reference: 2011/2131
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 13 July 2011

Data collected by the Health and Public Services Committee indicate that there are 20% fewer local authority-maintained toilets are 20% less than a decade ago. Are you concerned, given the expected thousands of extra visitors in a short period of time at next year's Olympic and Paralympics, that London's hygiene will be compromised due to a lack of public toilet facilities?