• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Mr Mayor, I know you hate to fly in the face of public opinion on occasions such as this. You will recall that we had a People's Question Time in Camden on 2 November 2010. One of the questions that people are asked after that event is do you think it was well chaired? Mr Coleman, who chaired that event, got an approval rating of 85% from his audience which, I might say, compares rather favourably to that achieved by other people who would seek to lead the Fire Authority. Will you continue to support public opinion by keeping Brian...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Can I take this opportunity to welcome guests from Redbridge who have joined us in the Chamber today? They are pleased to be here anyway but they will be particularly pleased to hear that we are going to see the council tax contribution from this building frozen again for the third year in a row. They will note how that contrasts with the previous Mayor's record of increasing the precept by 153% over the 8 years that he was in office. Could then press you, as you know, Mr Mayor, I am always ambitious for you, to begin work immediately...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

I did have a personal explanation first, before my question, Chair. For the record, I said in this Chamber I would vote for him if he built this cable car before the May 2012 election, safe in the knowledge that it was another of his vacuous sound bites, Chair, and it would be unlikely to be built in that timescale. It is a nice frippery but it does not tackle the transport problems of east London.

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Following on from Mike, looking at priorities in terms of your budget, you have got difficult choices coming up. I want to look at your cable car project. A nice idea which you promised would be funded entirely from private finance. In fact, you went further and said, 'In tough economic circumstances, we need to raise the money privately'. Why have you, therefore, had to direct the London Development Board (LDA) Board to spend £1.2 million on this project?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Mr Mayor, are there now more or fewer police officers than there were in May 2008 when you took office?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Thank you, Chair. After all that, Mr Mayor, can I congratulate you on your good management in London, prudent management, and in announcing the third year zero demand on the precept? You can hear my colleagues join with me in that. Are you aware, Mr Mayor, that the people of London are beginning to notice the difference between your prudent management --

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 13 October 2010

I very much welcome the iteration of the Olympic Masterplan and Margaret Ford [Baroness Ford, Chair, Olympic Park Legacy Company] and Andrew Altman [Chief Executive, Olympic Park Legacy Company] and all involved are to be congratulated in the vision that they have.

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 13 October 2010

I will be brief. Mr Mayor, are you not pleased that LFEPA's strategy in the current industrial dispute was agreed by all 16 members, including Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green members, who were present at the Authority meeting in July 2010, and would you not agree that this all-party approach to dealing with this dispute does, indeed, add weight to LFEPA's arguments?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2010

Finally, to be somewhat upbeat on policing, Mr Mayor, would you not agree that the difficult economic climate that we all find ourselves in does, indeed, provide opportunities for progressive and positive borough commanders and borough leaders to work to improve the service for residents by utilising the new flexibility, be it around Safer Neighbourhood Teams or be it round deployment?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 October 2010

Mr Mayor, taking you back to the line of inquiry opened by Joanne McCartney about policing, do you really appreciate the concerns that borough leaders and key people involved in policing at the local level have regarding the impact on any changes coming their way? Do you really appreciate the concerns that are out there? I say this because, regrettably, you were not able to meet the delegation from Waltham Forest who are with us this morning [in the public gallery].