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

If I could move swiftly on, there has been a bit of controversy about alleged fat cats, senior officials getting bonuses depending on their performance and it is right that we should incentivise managers; some people might dispute the level of reward. Do you accept that more junior staff who will be doing extra duties as a result of the games should be similarly recognised? An example I give you, it is a very local example, would be the security and reception staff at City Hall who have annual leave cancelled, they have shifts imposed on them. They are not...

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

Yes. I think one of the biggest risks to the reputation of the Olympics is in preventing it from being controversial and would be the threat of strikes by unions who fund the Labour Party.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Can I finish my question? You then signed a letter with your Deputy Mayor, then Kit Malthouse, with the Chair of the Assembly, Dee Doocey, at the time, actually suggesting to the Government that we should have the right to summons senior police officers. Why are you now trying to neuter the effectiveness of this Assembly?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

The candour was he did not know the brief and could not answer our questions. Do you not think that our questions on Olympic policing and serious problems in the Sapphire Unit where 37 rape victims had their cases closed deserved answers?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, your memory has let you down before on other issues but on this issue, it is very recent. It was your Deputy Mayor's first meeting in front of us. Did he tell you or not?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

He was acting on your behalf. Did you know before?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, the legislation is clear that the Police and Crime Committee clearly invited the Commissioner to our meetings to explain operational matters and that we can investigate any other matters we confidently feel are important to police in crime reduction. Were you aware beforehand that your Deputy Mayor had advised the Commissioner not to attend our meeting and did you clear that?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

A couple points on this that Joanne [McCartney] just picked up and her words were actually correct, 'How we used to operate' and unfortunately, you will agree that the legislation that has been foisted upon us that the Deputy Mayor has to deal with has changed the terrain of the debate of scrutiny, which is the point you have just made. First of all, would you not agree with me that the points initially made about notice are rather odd because it is my understanding of fact, and would you agree, Mr Mayor, that your Deputy Mayor did try to...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, you are right to say that, but the reality is that, if you look at your manifesto, you are only committed to another 20,000 homes to be retrofitted over this term, annually, it is not quite clear, when you had a target of 200,000 in the previous term and got to 65,000 this year. I would have thought at least a similar figure of 65,000 this year, given that a major contraction of the house construction industry occurred in the first quarter of almost 5%. It is a missed opportunity, not only to boost the green economy, but...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Can you just tell me then, have you dropped the 200,000 target for this year?