• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Richard Tracey (AM): Mr Mayor, do you remember in 2011 when the Labour Party Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, said that all departments including the Police would have to make savings in these hard times that we live in? Also, are you aware that there has been a poll conducted which shows that four-fifths of the public think that the efficiency of the Police depends on how well they are run, not how many numbers and how much money is available?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Steve O'Connell (AM): Mr Mayor, I am sure that in the coming months and years this tortuous conversation about statistics and numbers will be repeated, so we must anticipate that. Importantly to our residents, the point I made earlier, is that crime is going down. You made a commitment to extra police on the neighbourhoods and we must keep the confidence of the public up. Mr Mayor, would you agree with me that those are the things that matter to Londoners, but also there is a place for this organisation through Joanne's (McCartney) Chairmanship of the Police and Crime Committee...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Andrew Boff(AM): Just as an aside, Mr Mayor, I am one of those 10% in Hackney who cycle, and it has got to the point in some areas where the cyclists are actually being resented, especially -- Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): Do you mean cyclists are breeding resentment? Andrew Boff (AM): Along places like -- Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): Not resentment amongst motorists? Andrew Boff (AM): On places like Broadway Market where the attitude of some cyclists is really quite appalling to pedestrians and other road users. Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): Are they condescending and snooty and...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Caroline Pidgeon (AM): Accessible transport to the park is going to be key to legacy, and I welcome your announcement to keep routes at 16 stations for the time being, but there is a further 17 stations that could benefit from such routes. Will you commit to making all of these stations permanently step free from street to train, just by the use of these manual ramps?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Jenny Jones (AM): Could I get the number of cycle paths again that you mentioned. How many?

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

Roger Evans (AM): Yes, thank you, Chair. Last week we heard from Ben Plowden from TfL that, as part of the Olympic legacy, Cycle Super Highway Two would be extended from Bow flyover eastwards.

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 19 September 2012

Richard Tracey (AM): Can I remind you en passant that 25,000 new jobs are going to be created by the Nine Elms development --

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Do you not think, as this is the London Olympics and we all have an interest in being a successful Olympics, every Member of this Assembly should make representations where their voice is heard to ensure industrial action does not take place during the Olympics?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

John Biggs (AM): I do not think I have your expertise in mattresses but the question is, I had two questions, one is about Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): He is cheap. John Biggs (AM): I am not cheap. I sleep on a bare floor. Anyway, the question about gridlock. I had two questions, one is about the Olympic Route Network (ORN). We all want competitors to get to the events on time of course but essentially, the Olympic Route Network is there to get officials to and from the venues and their hotels. If there is a gridlock, as...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

I think the ORN is going to be pretty busy, the core part of it, with Olympic vehicles but if the rest is seized up, and we are all seething in our cars or whatever, even though, of course, we should not be driving them, will you instruct that we all share the pain together to extend that?