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• Reference: 2012/4072
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

30% of TLRN bus stops are not fully accessible. Will you give a commitment that all bus stops will be fully accessible by 2014? And where a defect, such as in the road camber, kerb build-outs, dangerous inclines or incompatibility of certain roadside treatments with vehicle ramp types, occurs will you pledge to an urgent response to address such failures?

• Reference: 2012/4073
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Do you support the bid for TEC funding for the reuse of the laboratory space at Sanofi's plant in Dagenham? If so, what is the delay in agreeing the funding package for this?

• Reference: 2012/4074
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Who was Mayor of London in 2010, when London Councils, or the Mayor, could have implemented a local scheme?

• Reference: 2012/4075
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

In 2010, when London Councils, or the Mayor, could have implemented a local scheme, what consideration did your office give to implementing a local scheme?

• Reference: 2012/4076
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

As the elections approached in 2012, and having chosen not to implement a local scheme in 2010, when you were Mayor, what political event, other than the election, led you to reconsider your failure to introduce a local scheme?

• Reference: 2012/4077
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

What steps are you taking to progress the desire for Eurostar or other International services to stop at Stratford International?

• Reference: 2012/4078
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

In order to maintain options for reducing bus flows in Oxford Street, what steps are you taking to ensure there is provision for adequate bus turning capacity at Tottenham Court Road Station, given the opportunity presented by building works there?

• Reference: 2012/4079
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Are you aware of the current Select Committee investigation into blacklisting in the construction industry, as most recently reported in Wednesday's FT and Independent and Thursday's Mirror newspapers?

• Reference: 2012/4080
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

It was reported in the Financial Times on 28th November that construction companies like Carillion, Sir Robert McAlpine and Balfour Beatty were using the services of an organisation called The Consulting Association (TCA), run by an Ian Kerr, to vet workers in construction. The FT report says, Mr Kerr "told MPs that Sir Robert McAlpine and Balfour Beatty had both used the vetting services for contracts they had for work on Olympic projects. He added that monitoring of the Crossrail project had also been discussed by companies". The FT also reports, "In written evidence to the committee, Mr Kerr listed...

• Reference: 2012/4081
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Carillion is widely reported to have been one of the companies heavily involved in blacklisting, can you state (a) which contracts Carillion currently runs for the GLA, when they are due to end and their financial value; (b) whether Carillion are currently involved, at any stage, in the procurement process for any contract?