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Richard Barnbrook’s Written Mayoral Questions
Although the Mayor only answered 26 public questions at the Mayors Question Time yesterday, a great many more were submitted for written answers.
As well as Richard’s publicly answered questions about enforcement of the drinking ban on the tube, dealing with aggressive teens and free travel for pensioners, the following were also submitted:
Black Cabs
Question No: 982 / 2008
Will the new Mayor repudiate his predecessor’s plan in respect of Black cab drivers by positively discriminating in favour of members of some ethnic groups over other ethnic groups through a scheme (the BAME and Knowledge programme) run by the London Development Agency set up in October last year?
Celebrations – Trafalgar Square April 23rd
Question No: 983 / 2008
Will the Mayor acknowledge the key role of England in the building, running and financing of London by making the national day an officially recognised celebration, pressing central government for it to be made a national bank holiday, and funding major celebrations in Trafalgar Square on April 23rd and on the Saturday nearest to it?
Translations
Question No: 984 / 2008
The GLA website has translations in thirteen different languages. What is the annual cost of these translations and how many hits does each translated file receive each year? Given the clearly and democratically expressed desire of the majority of London voters for an end to tax-payer-funded Politically Correct gesture politics, will the Mayor encourage community cohesion and save money by ending this unnecessary expenditure?
We look forward to the responses.
