• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 May 2009

We have had a splendid summary of various pieces of evidence given to the Environment Committee which Gareth Bacon has been taking us through but, Mr Mayor, are you aware of some other evidence given to the Environment Committee that apparently air quality improves when cars travel over 20 mph? Because of my position on the Transport Committee this especially interests me and I am sure my colleagues on the Transport Committee. What do you think of it, Mr Mayor? Can you ask the Government working party to go a bit further into this because it is rather an important...

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

Do you agree with me that what you and many authorities are doing, not only in London but nationally, in celebrating St George's Day is far more different and very welcome than those people who are promoting St George's Day to pursue the politics of hatred and racism?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

Organising for Delivery. Mayor, you have always said that you wanted to slim down City Hall. You made that clear right from the start and you have just said now you want to be able to concentrate on what really matters. Yet looking at the proposals the environment team staffing seems to go down from 39 posts to 20 posts. That is rather a jump, is it not?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

I hear what you say about the encouragement of tourism largely in response to London First but have you not missed a trick just recently to boost London tourism by encouraging the Indian Premier League (IPL), to come here and should you not have been on the ball on this one a lot earlier because that would have been a substantial boost not just for London but the UK economy?

• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

Good morning, Mayor. I have to applaud you without question on the fact of putting finance - hopefully £100,000 plus - into St George in London. I have to say at the same time I thought it was normally the routine, if you do plagiarise someone's idea, to give them some sort of credit rather than kicking them in the backside. I believe it is the British National Party that picked up both of our flags and our patron saint for England, put him back on the streets and gave him to the people so the idea that you are...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

Mr Mayor, just looking at the economic downturn issues, I do have a degree of sympathy with some of the issues you said about the media recording some of the issues in London. Can I go to the London First letter that was sent to you saying there were serious misgivings about the progress in addressing the economic downturn. What do you think that was about, then, and why do you think they sent that letter to you?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

Can I welcome the appointment of Pam Chesters as your youth and health adviser. Many of us have worked very closely with Pam - a distinguished constituent of mine - for a number of years. But, Mr Mayor, I do not think we have seen the letter of appointment yet on the Assembly. Is this somewhere in the ether?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

Mr Mayor, I noticed some rather strident comments reported in the press yesterday about the Chief Executive's excellent analysis of Organising for Delivery which you mentioned earlier. Should we not all remember, you and us on this side of the Chamber, the overwhelming victory which the London public gave us for the manifesto which you produced which did indeed promise a slimmed down and a considerably slimmed down City Hall? That is important and I think should be seen in the light of those strident comments made yesterday. Would you agree with that?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

In Twickenham, Mr Mayor, on Saturday, after our great victory in the Calcutta Cup, the town was festooned with St George's flags and Union flags except on the Town Hall. Twickenham is the home of English rugby and when it suits the administration - the Liberal Democrat administration - in Twickenham it is happy to boast about it, but it is ashamed to fly St George's flag. Indeed it is the only borough between City Hall and Hampton Court which does not fly the Union flag at all except, I am happy to say, on the Queen's birthday. Do you...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 March 2009

I wanted to pick up on the point about tourism that you touched on earlier. Is not part of the problem of attracting visitors to London our confusing system of fares and ticketing to try to find best value? Could you tell a visitor what the cost of a one day travel card is to help them see the tourist sites in London?