body of work emerged against expansion of Heathrow airport work and its adverse environmental impact on Londoners' quality of life, particularly in west London suburbs, including reports "Plane Speaking" (2012) and "Flights of Fancy" (2010), plus consultation responses on the Government's Draft Aviation Policy Framework (2012), and more recently against night flights. "Flights of Fancy", produced before the general election in May 2010, argued against Labour government keenness to have a third runway at Heathrow. Since losing that general election, the Labour Party has dropped its position on the expansion of Heathrow airport. As an Assembly Member, he has undertaken rapporteurships into pedicabs (cycle rickshaws) and the loss of London's playing fields. The latter report called for Sport England to be consulted on all applications for developments on playing fields measuring 0.2 hectares or more, a policy which has since been adopted by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Qureshi lost his seat in 2016, but returned to the assembly in 2020 following the resignation of Fiona Twycross. He was third on the Labour list for the 2021 election, and was not re-elected. At the 2018 and 2022 local elections, Qureshi stood in Little Venice ward on Westminster City Council, but was unsuccessful on both occasions. Campaigns and activities Among his campaigns, Qureshi has called for the inclusion of Twenty20 cricket in the 2012 Olympic Games, a proposal which has received the backing of the London Assembly, and he has advocated the use of blue lines to mark the courses of London's underground rivers. He has called for Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo Line) to be renamed Church Street Market, as this would end the confusion between that station and the namesake station on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. He has worked for many years to raise awareness of the crucial role of remittances in international development with his last letter in the Financial Times generating much debate. In 2004, remittances was the key topic on which he presented evidence before the House of Commons International Development Committee as part of a submission by the British Bangladeshi International Development Group. In 2007, Qureshi hosted a meeting at City Hall which launched the Cambridge IGCSEs in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India Studies with Amartya Sen's support. Qureshi closely follows political developments in South Asia, and was in Bangladesh for the parliamentary elections in December 2008. He is Chairman