• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

My point of order is very simple that you applied, what I thought, was a rather draconian and unnecessary ruling earlier about my alleged heckling or muttering or whatever. Now, I do not have any problem whatsoever with heckling or muttering. I think it is part of the political process but I think you should apply the same rule to the Mayor. He was heckling a questioner there. You should name him; you should threaten to eject him from the Chamber.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Mr Knight, in his questions, was talking about your efforts to lobby in Europe to get the fine they plan to impose on London delayed so we can continue to take measures to improve air quality. Can I ask you, Mr Mayor, during that lobbying, what was the attitude of the Liberal Democrat politicians in Europe? Were they supportive or were they in favour of forking out £300 million of our hard earned cash to Europe in addition to all the money this country gives to Europe as well, whilst, of course, their representatives sit here in London and complain...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Mr Mayor, you are quite right that the London Living Wage should be cross-party but public agencies themselves should set an example. I raised the example the other day with you of Hackney council who are advertising jobs at £6.10 an hour and yet, at the same time, claiming that they supported the London Living Wage. Since that, Hackney have now decided they are no longer going to do that. Could you possibly turn your attention again to the practices by Hackney which at this moment takes on employers Compass Group -- I do not wish to excoriate Compass Group...

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Would you agree that one of the most valuable parts of the London Living Wage is the fact that, as you say, it is voluntary by employers and therefore it injects an element of moral obligation into running a business and that any prospect of naming and shaming employers that do not participate in the Living Wage is likely actually to have a detrimental effect on its progress in London, particularly amongst -small businesses?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Well I am pleased to see that you are drinking a non-tax avoiding cup of coffee rather than one made by your mates at Starbucks. I think that epitomises the moral problem we have here, which is that you are the Mayor --

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Mr Mayor, I just want to thank you and Chairman Cleverly and the Fire Commissioner for the proposed new purpose-built fire station that is planned for Mitcham in my constituency. The planning permission has just been granted by the Labour-controlled Merton Council.

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Navin Shah (AM): Mr Mayor, good morning. How many fire stations will be closing and fire engines lost to meet the remaining deficit of £50 million over the next two years.

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Certainly. Mr Mayor, could you join me in reassuring Mr Biggs that fire engines do not respect borough boundaries and if there is an emergency callout that happens to be in a borough that neighbours Tower Hamlets, the fire appliances closest will go there quickest? Could you further reassure Mr Biggs that the current and future target first appliance time is six minutes and the second appliance time is eight minutes, and in none of the options that have been modelled - rather than the proposals that are being talked about here - do any of Tower Hamlets' response times...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Londoners are desperately worried about these fire station closures. Would you be prepared to revise your budget settlement for LFEPA to avoid a worsening of response times?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Like Mr Dismore I have also read the papers that are going to the fire authority tomorrow and one of the important sections which he seems to have skated over - it is in bold so he should have seen it - states, 'The modelling work is not complete and should not be taken as representing final proposals. In particular the sensitivity analysis that officers routinely undertake to test the robustness of particular proposals has not yet been fully completed and may produce further important data.' Do you think it is a shame that Mr Dismore is being as alarmist...