• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Mr Livingstone, last December your defence when we started questioning the projects which have now been examined by the District Auditor, the London Development Agency (LDA) and indeed the police, was that we were all racist. By January/February of this year our motivation was that it was a political smear. I wonder which of those two now pertain. You also said in December that there is a full audit trail and every penny can be accounted for. Given the events of this week when people have been arrested on money laundering charges, I wonder if you wanted to review or...

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

You have chosen one of your own to choose the independent so-called lawyer.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

I think Londoners will welcome progress with the sad story of Metronet and progress with fixing the tube. I am also very interested in your announcement about nationalising - or maybe we should call it Londonising - the Croydon tram. I wonder whether that gives you greater clarity on the right relationship between private and public bodies in delivering these major projects; the two things together?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

I am more than happy for you to continue misquoting me because the misquote is far worse than the original so you can tell the people of London as often as you like that there is corruption lapping at your door because I have never said it but I am more than happy for you to say it. Mr Mayor, you have not answered my question.

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

As far as you are concerned you are the Mayor, you are the directly elected Chief Executive and you are responsible, ultimately, for the probity of the organisation. The buck stops with you. One of your closest associates, a man you have worked with for 20-odd years and a man you trust with your life unfortunately breaches the Code of Conduct. That is not a matter for you to make sure that everything was properly recorded and documented to go to the Monitoring Officer; to protect yourself? You did not even do that?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Dear, dear, you really have lost it haven't you?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

So will that inquiry as far as you are concerned report in time for voters to make their choice about the way you run your Mayoralty?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

I am going simply on your own comments that what he did in relation to the agreed facts - not the matter that the lawyer is looking at - of what was stupid and that the emails were inappropriate and unacceptable. Just on those bases alone do you still intend to reappoint him?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

With regards to the Metronet deal, I know there has been concern that this may have delayed work on station refurbishments, signalling and track work. At the last Mayor's Questions you gave a commitment that it was the signalling and the track work that you were most concerned about. Does the deal ensure that that takes place immediately and there is no further delay to any of that essential work?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 March 2008

Mr Mayor, obviously as you pointed out, the Assembly has been frustrated about not being able to ask Lee Jasper questions. When were you made aware of Lee Jasper's undeclared interests or failure to declare interests?