• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Obviously in setting the budget, Mayor, what you will want to avoid is a duplication of effort and pointless duplication of cost. In that respect, do you share our concern about the proposal to establish a London select committee by Parliament which is going to duplicate the efforts of this Assembly, no doubt at cost to them but also at cost of this Authority when they require us to give evidence? Will you be cooperating with that organisation?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Thank you, Chair. Mayor, would you not share my surprise and indignation of the fact that Mr Biggs over there is criticising a budget of which he is a member of the Finance & Resources Committee in the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) and it has already endorsed that budget and he, therefore, has a corporate responsibility around that budget? So, would you not agree Mayor, that if he continues this line of debate and questioning it holds his position possibly untenable within that committee and he will have to make some hard choices whether he continues to serve on that...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Gareth Bacon (AM): Mayor, to return to the subject of air quality and the EU's decision to fine the UK or to say that we fail. Just for the avoidance of doubt, you refer to the eight years of drift and dither under the previous administration correctly; Murad Qureshi has obviously tried to save the face of the previous administration by pointing out that the LEZ was introduced under them, but of course that did not actually save us from failing, so I think that is important to put on the table. For the avoidance of doubt, the draft Air...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Murad Qureshi (AM): Mayor, the European Commission decision is not actually unexpected. Can you explain why London is lagging so far behind the rest of the country on dealing with PM10s? Do you accept that we are behind the rest of the country on this?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Jenny Jones (AM): On the issue of air quality in London, TfL recently said that it was going to cost £70 million to £90 million to fund your Air Quality Strategy. Have you actually had talks with the Government yet about getting some of that funding from them?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Richard Tracey (AM): Over and above the delays that the whole Tube Lines saga is causing with the Jubilee line, what is also of concern, of course, is what will be the knock-on effect on the Northern line, and indeed the Piccadilly line. I believe the other day, within one TfL meeting, possibly a Board meeting, there was some discussion of the potential delay to the Northern line. Could you be a bit more detailed and tell us actually what was said? How much delay will there be? That is of very great concern to a number of us round...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

John Biggs (AM): I do not want to over dramatise things and I am aware that you have a track record of not answering questions to the Assembly -- Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): I give you massive answers. John Biggs (AM): Can we clarify something on the Public/Private Partnership (PPP). As you said, tomorrow the Arbiter will come back with his view on the price for the next stage of the contract. Your TfL budget is based on your estimate of the cost of the contract. In the unlikely event that the arbiter agrees with your price then everything...

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Navin Shah (AM): It is a simple and serious question. You kindly mentioned the question of Jubilee line upgrade. Now, the question is, isn't it actually downgrading of Jubilee line when you talk about their plans for reducing safety inspection of tracks? Now, this is quite seriously not acceptable and it puts lives of commuters at risk.

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Kit Malthouse (AM): Given that the PPP is revealing itself to be one of if not the biggest scandal in recent public finance history, would you support calls for a public inquiry into the decision-making process that led to its creation?

• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Richard Barnbrook (AM): Well, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter - I think we are all quite aware of this. It seems that our Chair of the Assembly has been a bit of a rebel-rouser under the influence of alcohol or a party - whatever it may be. So, Mayor, I think you are fully aware that latest figures show eight women every month being raped by drivers of unlicensed cabs. I commend you without question with regards your activity on Know What You're Getting Into. It is highly commendable, as I say. However, I would like to see if you agree with...