• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Just quickly back to congestion charging. You had a good analysis of Boris Johnson's position on Porsches but were you surprised that Brian Paddick was backing Porsche's legal action in the Guardian this morning, given the Liberal Democrats' enthusiasm previously for the introduction of a higher charge on 4x4s and other polluting vehicles?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Let us get on the record what it is the police are looking into and also let us get it on the record, if you would, what clause of the GLA employment codes of conduct and so forth required suspension, because there is no automatic need for suspension; that is another of your ruses that you have done.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Basically, you would instruct the whole GLA family to look at this.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Well at least that is on the record. For the record, whatever Richard [Barnes] and the Conservatives have been doing, from our side we have never alleged that Lee Jasper, or indeed any of your other advisers, are engaged in corrupt practices. We do think there is inappropriate behaviour going on and we do think a lot needs putting right. Will you give us a copy of the letter that you have written to the police so that we have the actual matters that you have referred to the police? My understanding is that only relates to the LDA contracts...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

No, I just want to be clear; you have brought the police in, so we need to know what it is you have referred to the police.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

I remember that in fact at one stage you were hoping that they would have serviced your Congestion Charge, but that seemed to go awry early on. Is that something you would want to return them to?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

You will specifically write to the Minister about the role of Greater London Postwatch?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Are you basing your entire idea of a legal challenge on the length of consultation period or would you also be wanting to look at the actual criteria and how they were applied by the Post Office review?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

[Postwatch] have written to all Members and I assume they have written to you as well. Of course, as you know, they are the consumer council for postal services. Two things worry me intensely about them. One is that they have agreed to this six-week consultation period which I think is a betrayal, frankly, of their role. Secondly, they seem to have admitted surrender before we have had the battle. I quote directly from the letter signed by their Chairman, Roger Darlington, 'We want to be candid with the public and stakeholders and to make clear that the consultation is...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

You are quite right. It strikes me that the lead person behind the City of Westminster challenge did used to run around in a Porsche and I wondered whether there was a connection between the two. The other thing which occurred to me, given this is an emission-based charge, did you ever consider incorporating it within the LEZ (Low Emission Zone) which you have announced recently? At least the benefit there would be London-wide rather than just central London.