Isn’t it time Gordon Brown stopped the FTSE stampede?
Whoa there. Hold your horses, folks. The rustle of alarm is turning into a scuttle, and the scuttle is turning into a drumming roar of feet in flight. As the economic position gets worse, it is reported that this country is starting to see some notable departures.
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Boris was in typical form as he used his “last few seconds” in the House to highlight some achievements. Breaking with House etiquette, the Speaker cheerfully reminded “the Mayor” that he was only allowed one supplementary question, not three, and the Prime Minister added that he was sure, “The whole House is going to miss [...]
As airports expand, Boris asked for clarification on how the most recent survey findings on Attitudes to Noise from Aviation should be understood in relation to the 1986 survey that set a 57 dBA noise limit. In his written reply, Jim Fitzpatrick (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport) stated that the current expansion of Heathrow did [...]
Boris has recently asked how many police officers in England as a whole and, separately, in London live in key worker housing. Click for the written response.
Yesterday, Boris spoke of his wish to increase ‘on the beat’ policing to improve safety in the streets and on public transport. Click here for more information.
With the aim of improving safety for all cyclists, Boris has asked the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions in each primary care trust in Greater London there were of
cyclists [in general]
cyclists under the age of 11
cyclists under the age of 16 years
involved in a road accident in each year [...]
Boris has asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the percentage crime detection rates for:
violence against the person
sexual offences
burglary
robbery and
theft from a vehicle was in each London borough
in each year since 1988, broken down by age group.
Click for the Written Answers.