• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

Can you explain to me why this fantasy airport of yours is any different from the schemes that Ken Livingstone [Mayor of London 2000-2008] had that you described as fantasies? Things like the Cross River Tram. The Cross River Tram was supported by hundreds of thousands of people in south east London, but your fantasy airport is only supported by you. Why is this any different?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

Residents in my part of London are concerned about the increase in over flights which they are suffering, the noise particularly but also the pollution aspects of the change in the flight paths and increasing flights out of City Airport - which is mentioned in the title of this question even though it did not make it into the body. Could you update us on the current position with regard to expansion of City Airport, with our Environment Committee due to visit and due to carry out a review of the decision?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

Under the previous Labour Government there were proposals, which are now set aside gladly, to close King George's Hospital in Redbridge and transfer services to elsewhere. Unfortunately, when the health service in London was making those types of proposals, it did not consult Transport for London very well about the provision of public transport for the new services so, regardless of what happens in future, can you make sure that Transport for London works more closely with the health service in London so that it actually knows what each other is doing and they are providing services which are of...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

I am wondering if this minimum £5 actually contributes to the huge amount of money that is locked up in Oyster Cards, because we have had reports in the Evening Standard that there is a lot of money lying unused in Oyster Cards. This £5 topping up business must contribute to that. Does Transport for London see this as a little slush fund that it can use?

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

Mr Mayor, whilst nobody is going to defend some of the worst actions of the banking sector, I think it is rather intellectually lazy to try to blame the whole of the national deficit on the banking bail out; the maths just does not stack up. Whilst there needs to be some pretty major changes in the way the banking sector does business, we demonise it at our peril because it is still a major contributor to the tax take of this city and of this country and if this body is not willing to defend one of the largest...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

There was a complete gasp, I think, in terms of some of the statements that were coming from the Mayor and one of his colleagues. I do not quite understand this. Was it wrong then for previous governments and the previous Mayor to invest in something like the East London line that you so gloriously thought was so good, when you said it? I do not understand in terms of this mismanagement of the economy. When a Labour Government intervened to save financial services across the road [in the City], which you say you support, that invested in transport projects...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

I am interested to hear that there was not any discussion about the dangers of de-scoping Crossrail and I was not sure from what you said as to whether or not you had actually had a very firm commitment that there would not be any de-scoping of Crossrail or any delaying of any sections?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

): Mr Mayor, there are a couple of areas where the new Government could make some savings on transport. The first one I want to ask you about is the ongoing non-use still of the previous Eurostar platforms at Waterloo which the previous Government singularly failed to act upon and to bring back into use when they would so much assist the lines coming into Waterloo from the Windsor direction and, of course, would save some millions of pounds in security currently being spent on mothballing those platforms. Are you going to talk to Philip Hammond about that or have...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

One other point, Mr Mayor. A point that I often return to is around the inequitable position on the supplementary business rate for businesses that are outside of the London area. I am sure that you will be lobbying - and hopefully you can confirm that you will be lobbying - Government to pass legislation to ensure that businesses outside of London that will benefit directly from Crossrail do make a contribution towards the bill?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 09 June 2010

Andrew is confusing two things. The issue about the heritage building that was lost is absolutely on the other side of the road to the slab and that is Dalston Theatre. No one has performed in Dalston Theatre since about 1995. On the other issue about the slab, it is absolutely on record: It was £39 million that was spent on that slab. I do appreciate that Andrew lives locally, but I do wish that he would actually stay with facts.