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Bertie Wooster
Nov 8, 2012, 1:22:02 PM11/8/12
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Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(1) what steps his Department has taken to monitor the implementation
of the funding agreement for the grant awarded by his Department to
the Royal Borough of Greenwich for the refurbishment of Greenwich and
Woolwich foot tunnels;
(2) whether the Royal Borough of Greenwich met the conditions of its
contractual agreement with his Department for the refurbishment of the
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels. Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb,
6 November 2012, c544W)
Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford, Conservative)
The original Community Infrastructure Fund 2 agreement for the
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels was signed in November 2008
between the Department and the London borough of Greenwich.
The total funding allocation was £11.5 million for the refurbishment
of the Greenwich and Woolwich rotunda, tunnels, stairwells and
replacements of both lifts, including funding the associated
mechanical and electrical works.
In December 2008 delivery and monitoring of the grants were then
passed to Homes and Communities Agency as DCLG's main delivery body.
The agency monitored these grants and were content with progress on
the eligible works it funded. The borough confirmed that all eligible
works funded by the Homes and Communities Agency were completed as per
the conditions of contract and that any remaining works would be
funded from their own resources.
Responsibility for these grants then passed to the Greater London
Authority on 1 April 2012 as part of the wider transfer of the
agency's London responsibilities."
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My comment: It seems that responsibility for the oversight of local
government expenditure of £11.5m has been passed on from Government to
Boris Johnson as part of an April Fool's Joke with cyclists on this
part of National Cycle Route One the fall guys.
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(1) what steps his Department has taken to monitor the implementation
of the funding agreement for the grant awarded by his Department to
the Royal Borough of Greenwich for the refurbishment of Greenwich and
Woolwich foot tunnels;
(2) whether the Royal Borough of Greenwich met the conditions of its
contractual agreement with his Department for the refurbishment of the
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels. Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb,
6 November 2012, c544W)
Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford, Conservative)
The original Community Infrastructure Fund 2 agreement for the
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels was signed in November 2008
between the Department and the London borough of Greenwich.
The total funding allocation was £11.5 million for the refurbishment
of the Greenwich and Woolwich rotunda, tunnels, stairwells and
replacements of both lifts, including funding the associated
mechanical and electrical works.
In December 2008 delivery and monitoring of the grants were then
passed to Homes and Communities Agency as DCLG's main delivery body.
The agency monitored these grants and were content with progress on
the eligible works it funded. The borough confirmed that all eligible
works funded by the Homes and Communities Agency were completed as per
the conditions of contract and that any remaining works would be
funded from their own resources.
Responsibility for these grants then passed to the Greater London
Authority on 1 April 2012 as part of the wider transfer of the
agency's London responsibilities."
=====/Quote=====
My comment: It seems that responsibility for the oversight of local
government expenditure of £11.5m has been passed on from Government to
Boris Johnson as part of an April Fool's Joke with cyclists on this
part of National Cycle Route One the fall guys.
Dave - Cyclists VOR
Nov 8, 2012, 1:30:49 PM11/8/12
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On 08/11/2012 18:22, Bertie Wooster wrote:
> =====Quote=====
>
> Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Liberal Democrat)
>
> To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
>
> (1) Greenwich and
> =====Quote=====
>
> Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Liberal Democrat)
>
> To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
>
> Woolwich foot tunnels;
>
> (2)
> Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels.
>
>
> Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels
>
>
>
>
> My comment: It seems that responsibility for the oversight of local
> government expenditure of £11.5m has been passed on from Government to
> Boris Johnson as part of an April Fool's Joke with cyclists on this
> part of National Cycle Route One the fall guys.
>
My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
> government expenditure of £11.5m has been passed on from Government to
> Boris Johnson as part of an April Fool's Joke with cyclists on this
> part of National Cycle Route One the fall guys.
>
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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster
University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking
and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail
to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their
lives, certainly on a regular basis."
PhilO
Nov 9, 2012, 4:04:16 AM11/9/12
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On Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30:48 PM UTC, Dave VOR wrote:
>
> My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
>
Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
>
> My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
>
Could you really not think of that yourself?
JNugent
Nov 9, 2012, 8:06:05 AM11/9/12
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On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:
> Dave VOR wrote:
>
>> My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
>
> Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
> Could you really not think of that yourself?
One could do the same in a sewer.
> Dave VOR wrote:
>
>> My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
>
> Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
> Could you really not think of that yourself?
May we also expect a series of questions to be put to the appropriate water
company?
PhilO
Nov 9, 2012, 8:27:23 AM11/9/12
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On Friday, November 9, 2012 1:06:05 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:
> On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:
>
> One could do the same in a sewer.
>
>
Can one legally push a bike through the sewer?
> On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:
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> One could do the same in a sewer.
>
>
Do the authorities put up signs advising you to dismount in a sewer?
Or are you being totally irrelevant.
Again
JNugent
Nov 9, 2012, 8:42:21 AM11/9/12
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On 09/11/2012 13:27, PhilO wrote:
> JNugent wrote:
>> PhilO wrote:
In response to PhilO's assertion that a cyclist may psh a bicycle through a
foot tunnel...
>> One could do the same in a sewer.
>>
> Can one legally push a bike through the sewer?
Wow... watch those goalposts fly...
But I expect that the answer is "yes", despite your attempt at diversion.
I have certainly never heard of a law against pushing a bike in a sewer.
Have you?
> JNugent wrote:
>> PhilO wrote:
In response to PhilO's assertion that a cyclist may psh a bicycle through a
foot tunnel...
>> One could do the same in a sewer.
>>
> Can one legally push a bike through the sewer?
But I expect that the answer is "yes", despite your attempt at diversion.
I have certainly never heard of a law against pushing a bike in a sewer.
Have you?
DavidR
Nov 9, 2012, 10:13:11 AM11/9/12
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"JNugent" <jenni...@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
"There should be a law against it. One day someone will die" and all that.
This is the opportunity for you to do the public spirited thing and spend
time down
there until you find one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFq0Bdftz4
>
> I have certainly never heard of a law against pushing a bike in a sewer.
Perhaps a Mr Angry hasn't gone down so he can come up and complain.
> I have certainly never heard of a law against pushing a bike in a sewer.
"There should be a law against it. One day someone will die" and all that.
This is the opportunity for you to do the public spirited thing and spend
time down
there until you find one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFq0Bdftz4
Judith
Nov 9, 2012, 10:44:31 AM11/9/12
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 01:04:16 -0800 (PST), PhilO <goo1...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>On Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30:48 PM UTC, Dave VOR wrote:
>>
>> My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
>>
>Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
If only they would
>On Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30:48 PM UTC, Dave VOR wrote:
>>
>> My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?
>>
>Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
Dave - Cyclists VOR
Nov 9, 2012, 1:33:50 PM11/9/12
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On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:
diversion - they would ride it instead.
nik.morgan
Nov 9, 2012, 2:36:02 PM11/9/12
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Mrcheerful
Nov 10, 2012, 9:01:27 AM11/10/12
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>Bertie Wooster wrote:
>parlimentary
I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>parlimentary
I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
Bertie Wooster
Nov 10, 2012, 9:31:58 AM11/10/12
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JNugent
Nov 10, 2012, 9:56:36 AM11/10/12
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On 10/11/2012 14:31, Bertie Wooster wrote:
> "Mrcheerful" <g.odon...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
>>> parlimentary
>
>> I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>
> I'm surprised that you can...
Touché.
> "Mrcheerful" <g.odon...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
>>> parlimentary
>
>> I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>
> I'm surprised that you can...
Dave - Cyclists VOR
Nov 10, 2012, 12:48:31 PM11/10/12
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Mrcheerful
Nov 10, 2012, 6:09:21 PM11/10/12
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teacher.
Being able to spell parliament is especially useful at this time of year.
thirty-six
Nov 11, 2012, 6:36:06 AM11/11/12
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On Nov 10, 5:48 pm, Dave - Cyclists VOR
6) and the school brought in a special assessor. I told him the
teacher did not interest me, although very nice, and I didn't want to
talk as a baby (for which I considered that is what teacher wanted).
I was tested above my year and exhausted the set words, spelling
difficult words quickly without reference, such as giraffe, elephant
and rhinoceros. It is rare that a primary-school teacher will permit
a child to develop at an elevated rate. it's as if they don't want us
to spell words over one syllable such as, Magna-Carta, Westminster,
parliamentary, folly, corruption, fraudulent, unlawful, lord-
protector, Rothschild. I don't understand on an honest world why that
would be.
nocer<davidl...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 10/11/2012 14:01, Mrcheerful wrote:>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
> >> parlimentary
>
> > I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>
> Primary school teachers (snigger) don't have to use big words normally.
>
I remember a primary school teacher accused me of being backward (at
> On 10/11/2012 14:01, Mrcheerful wrote:>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
> >> parlimentary
>
> > I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>
> Primary school teachers (snigger) don't have to use big words normally.
>
6) and the school brought in a special assessor. I told him the
teacher did not interest me, although very nice, and I didn't want to
talk as a baby (for which I considered that is what teacher wanted).
I was tested above my year and exhausted the set words, spelling
difficult words quickly without reference, such as giraffe, elephant
and rhinoceros. It is rare that a primary-school teacher will permit
a child to develop at an elevated rate. it's as if they don't want us
to spell words over one syllable such as, Magna-Carta, Westminster,
parliamentary, folly, corruption, fraudulent, unlawful, lord-
protector, Rothschild. I don't understand on an honest world why that
would be.
Dave - Cyclists VOR
Nov 11, 2012, 6:38:26 AM11/11/12
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On 11/11/2012 11:36, thirty-six wrote:
> On Nov 10, 5:48 pm, Dave - Cyclists VOR
> nocer<davidl...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 10/11/2012 14:01, Mrcheerful wrote:>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
>>>> parlimentary
>>
>>> I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>>
>> Primary school teachers (snigger) don't have to use big words normally.
>>
>
> I remember a primary school teacher accused me of being backward
Wasn't wrong was he?
> On Nov 10, 5:48 pm, Dave - Cyclists VOR
> nocer<davidl...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 10/11/2012 14:01, Mrcheerful wrote:>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
>>>> parlimentary
>>
>>> I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>>
>> Primary school teachers (snigger) don't have to use big words normally.
>>
>
> I remember a primary school teacher accused me of being backward
Partac
Nov 11, 2012, 7:18:24 AM11/11/12
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"Mrcheerful" wrote in message news:G8tns.351905$it2....@fx22.am4...
>Bertie Wooster wrote:
>parlimentary
I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
Judith
Nov 11, 2012, 8:05:20 AM11/11/12
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:36:06 -0800 (PST), thirty-six <thirt...@live.co.uk>
wrote:
>On Nov 10, 5:48 pm, Dave - Cyclists VOR
>nocer<davidl...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 10/11/2012 14:01, Mrcheerful wrote:>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
>> >> parlimentary
>>
>> > I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>>
>> Primary school teachers (snigger) don't have to use big words normally.
>>
>
>I remember a primary school teacher accused me of being backward (at
>6) and the school brought in a special assessor.
"prescient" - was that the word you were struggling with?
wrote:
>On Nov 10, 5:48 pm, Dave - Cyclists VOR
>nocer<davidl...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 10/11/2012 14:01, Mrcheerful wrote:>> Bertie Wooster wrote:
>> >> parlimentary
>>
>> > I am surprised that you cannot spell 'parliamentary'
>>
>> Primary school teachers (snigger) don't have to use big words normally.
>>
>
>I remember a primary school teacher accused me of being backward (at
>6) and the school brought in a special assessor.
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