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

Mr Mayor, are you aware of the rather ingenious communications programme with young people called Heroes which has been devised by a former broadcast producer in the BBC and which I have communicated to the Time for Action programme in your office? It is obviously a very important way of getting across the message to young people that they should stay on the track. It is ingenious because it uses heroes in the printed comic format. Are you aware of it? If not, can I make you more aware of it?

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

I am not going to defend the Government but I will point out that one thing that has been dropped which could have had an immediate effect was mixed mode and that would have had an immediate increase in flights. Thankfully that has been dropped but that is not my point.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 25 February 2009

Mr Mayor, can I convey to you the appreciation from my constituents - within which the whole of Heathrow Airport sits - for your support of the 2M Group and the legal processes which are now being conducted to challenge the Government on this hideously rushed irrational decision? Whilst we recognise air quality is a major issue, the failure to achieve air quality standards also has a negative health impact on the area. A health impact study was not considered by the Government. Do you think that that would be important to get a really truly balanced decision on Heathrow?

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

Mr Mayor, those of us who live under the flight path in west London, like my colleague, Richard Barnes and myself living in Wandsworth, will remember that this Government gave a commitment after putting up Terminal 5 that Heathrow would not be expanded anymore. Can we trust this Government anymore? Perhaps you could convey this to the Prime Minister when you see him this afternoon?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 February 2009

I simply wanted to challenge the thesis behind Mr Coleman's question because I think this sort of John Betjeman approach that you can preserve the suburbs in aspic or whatever the term is is somewhat flawed and I would reinforce what Navin Shah has said. I would like you to agree with me - or contribute differently - that a vigorous Mayor will have to present challenges to the suburbs, some of which they might not like, about sustainability, about affordability, about the fact that the kids - I grew up in the suburbs by the way - of suburban...

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

Mr Mayor, about the value of the Outer London Commission. I agree with the comments made about the important role that such a Commission can play. Can you confirm that this Outer London Commission will look very seriously at the major issues facing Outer London boroughs like the regeneration, serious traffic and transport issues, orbital public transport issues, a much greater mix of family sized accommodation and the issue about open spaces, particularly recreational and playground, for the family sized accommodation?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 25 February 2009

I really wanted to reinforce the Mayor's comments. We are nine months into the first term. The outer London boroughs were sadly neglected by the previous administration of eight years. We now have a recognition of the importance of all of London. I confirm and agree with the comments around the make up of the Commission, although I am slightly more content, but I would be wouldn't I, because there is a Croydon representation! I think it is a major step change. This is to be welcomed. It is actually being put in place at pace and I look forward...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 February 2009

This is partly for the record but you can respond to this. We would firmly support you going to Mr Mandelson on this matter but I think, for the record, the GLA has in its resources a turnover of £13 thousand million a year and, within that, you are not, to my knowledge, spending a single jot on pursuing this internally. Indeed the London Development Agency (LDA) has in its recent reprioritisation reduced the amount of funding in support for small and medium enterprises in London. I think you need to put Londoners' money where our mouths are. I agree...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 25 February 2009

At that same meeting where we discussed air quality and the non-continuation of the phase 3 LEZ, Dr Kelly from Kings College told us of the research that has been done in California and is being done here to show that young Londoners' lungs - that is 0 to 18 - are smaller and irrevocably damaged if they live close to traffic gridlocked roads. So vehicle fumes are really, really important. There is a way that you can win this. I know democracy is arbitrating between conflicting freedoms and here we want to put children before property. However, there is...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 25 February 2009

I wonder if you are aware that from a hard green point of view - as opposed to wispy green - the fact is, with electric vehicles, you might be cleaning up London's air, which is obviously wonderful for all of us, but you are potentially exporting it because it depends on how the electricity is generated.