• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Caroline Pidgeon (AM): I am asking the questions here. Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): From what point of view? I need to know whether you are pro it or against it. Caroline Pidgeon (AM): Finally, how are you planning on clamping down on fare evasion? Is it the case that your conductor, as it says in your leaflet, will not collect fares, check passes or validate Oyster cards?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Mr Mayor, is it not correct also that the new bus is one of the cleanest buses on the road and, therefore, can I encourage you to bring it on faster and faster, particularly in Putney High Street in my constituency, where we are looking forward to cleaner buses in volumes.

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

OK. Your transport commissioner stated he did not want to be in any public place and commit to any particular size of order in advance of a commercial discussion. How does that fit with your promise to deliver 600 buses by the end of your term?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

OK. The bus currently holds a national small series type approval certificate and this prevents you from manufacturing more than 250 vehicles in a year, so it is going to be tight to meet your 600 target. Are you planning to apply for a full licence, or how are going to fulfil your absolute commitment?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Thank you. You promised 600 on the road. Is that going to be just an aspiration or an absolute commitment?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Darren Johnson (Deputy Chair): I am often happy. Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): That is perfectly true; you are very often happy. Jenny Jones (AM): Not with you though.

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Flying for the first time on Monday afternoon, in the middle of the afternoon, almost all the cars had people in; it was full. People were using it at volume and I found it an incredibly pleasant way to travel. I have asked you before, now that it us up and running, whether you would consider extending the cable car network across particular parts of London. It is a very pleasant and in fact social way to travel and it strikes me there are other parts of the city that could benefit, not just from a river crossing but from...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 04 July 2012

Boris, I have not been on the cable car yet but judging by the plaudits this morning, I am looking forward to my first journey.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Jenny Jones (AM): The Mayor did actually mention earlier about the airTEXT, which is -- The airTEXT is a system of smog alerts to vulnerable people and, as you say, it is a great idea, fully supportive, but you have not done a single publicity campaign about it in the last year. You mentioned 10,000 people signed up. The figure is only 7,000. Are you going to do some publicity campaigns? What about on the busses and the Tube?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

Roger Evans (AM): I just wanted to point out, really, Boris, that there is another side to this argument and all these restrictions which are called for by the Liberal Democrats and the Greens are harmful to people running businesses in London at a difficult time. Certainly my constituents, those who run their small businesses or who run charities, were very grateful at the delay to the final Low Emission Zone phase, which meant they had to replace their vehicles. Cab drivers in Havering, of whom a very considerable number are there, were also very grateful that you have not...