• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Roger Evans (AM): You will be aware, Mr Mayor, that the last administration here was not particularly good at communicating with boroughs around London. Indeed the decision to cease the tidal flow was only communicated to Greenwich Council a couple of hours beforehand because their traffic manager saw one of the signs flashing by the side of the road as she drove into work. Otherwise they would not have known at all. Will you undertake to consult with the boroughs along the A2 about your proposed solution to the Blackwall Tunnel problem so that they are fully involved and can...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

John Biggs (AM): I have the privilege of representing the good people of Poplar, among other places, who live around the northern exit of the Blackwall Tunnel and who suffer horrendous problems of air quality and congestion as a result of that being the only crossing within Greater London down river from Rotherhithe. There are very real concerns. You need to understand that there are concerns about the continued over congestion of the Blackwall Tunnel and that simply reintroducing contra flow is merely a stopgap. It may itself have severe health and safety problems and you will obviously need to...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Richard Tracey (AM): Mr Mayor, could I bring up the whole safety point about extending Heathrow at all. My constituency is on the flight path a little further out than my colleague, Mr Barnes, but the fact is that with an extension of Heathrow there could be a really serious disaster waiting to happen. We saw it come very close very recently when the plane almost landed short of the runway and surely this is one of the most compelling arguments against the expansion.

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Kit Malthouse (AM): Colleagues who have questioned you already about Heathrow represent areas of London that live with the menace and the nuisance that the airport causes. One of the issues I think is that there has not yet been a realisation across large parts of London that the third runway will result in a significant deterioration of standard of living, particularly across the north of the area that I represent, through north London. Would you consider negotiating with air traffic control and consider the possibility of using your resources to charter an extremely large aircraft and fly it for...

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Brian Coleman (AM): Of the ten strategic views five of them are in my constituency and one, the Alexandra Palace one, is very close to it. For regular users of Hampstead Heath this will come as pleasant news that you intend to preserve the views, but will you accept that there is a general feeling among many Londoners, particularly in north London, that in fact there are no post-1960 buildings worth saving? We all know that currently in the city there are endless schemes going on to replace skyscrapers built in the 1960s and 1970s which are already being pulled...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Steve O'Connell (AM): Boris, I know you have visited Croydon many times and we consider you a son of Croydon... Absolutely, thank you. Save me getting that in a bit later actually! I am pleased, Boris, that you are supporting Croydon Council's aspirations to put some very attractive high rises in the town centre but we do understand what you say and I accept that you have visited Croydon and are a great fan of Croydon.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

Roger Evans (AM): My constituents will be very pleased to hear that this is going ahead. Indeed we only have the one articulated bus that comes to Redbridge but it is the one which was involved in the tragic fatality back in November. People in my borough clearly want something done about that and want it replaced. Can you also undertake to ensure that, as part of the design, you deal with the huge levels of fare evasion that we have had to put up with on the bendy buses - some four times higher than what has been experienced...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

John Biggs (AM): I speak as the Chair of the Assembly's Budget Committee and I could remind you that your predecessor made a similar commitment to a new Routemaster and suggested that only a 'ghastly dehumanised moron' would propose their abolition. That was me at the time, then it became him. I suspect you might become the next ghastly dehumanised moron because you will not be able to introduce them either because there are good reasons why they should have been scrapped. The question is, from a budgetary point of view, if you are going to have conductors on these...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 May 2008

On this subject of traffic lights, I am sure you are aware of the great frustration of Londoners about the phasing of them and I think the hope would be that you can do something before 2010 to correct the situation. You will be aware of the campaign which manifested itself in 'Red light, Red Ken'. Perhaps in your case it could be 'vote blue, go green'.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

I wanted to know what your message was to all the other passengers who may not be qualifying for their free 18 and under passes as they sit on a bus which under your orders is being told not to move while they sort out the issue around the free passes and what have you? The trouble is that you are mixing everybody up in what could be a fairly chaotic situation. There are an awful lot of people who have paid their bus fares and they are not going to take kindly to sitting while this sometimes chaotic mess...