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

The transfer of this work to TfL should provide an opportunity for better communication and coordination with other transport providers in London. Mr Mayor, can you make sure that, when Network Rail closes the line into Liverpool Street from Romford, that does not coincide with closures to the District line and the Central line for work to be done on those as well? You are, effectively, denying the people of east London access to their own city at the weekends.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 15 December 2010

Mr Mayor, I have been asked by a Mr Chris Sills in Hackney about his experience of journeys from Manor House Station into London. When the stations are absolutely packed to the brim with commuters waiting to get on to a train and their journey is then one that is extremely crowded and possibly unpleasant, the statement over the announcement system that all services are operating fine does not achieve the effect that was intended with that particular statement and it does not achieve reassurance. I would ask if you could ask TfL to review the use of those phrases...

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

Mr Mayor, the process of changing the shift patterns has taken five years of the Authority attempting to negotiate with the FBU. Certainly in the latter six months of that the Chairman of LFEPA has been subjected to a campaign of highly personalised propaganda, smears and abuse carried out in the most aggressive manner imaginable.

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

Mr Mayor, as the Vice Chairman of LFEPA, can I say to you that I feel, along with my colleagues on LFEPA, really rather insulted by this political personal attack on our leader on LFEPA.

• 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 --