• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

I see, but these are all the reasons why you said in the quote I read out before that the British Crime Survey is a better method than recorded crime because methods of reporting and recording change.

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Congratulations. I was under the impression that the Metropolitan Police Service has responded to you and said that it is not going to investigate it.

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Are you going to avoid the strike now threatened for 1 May?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

What are you doing though to improve relationships with the staff and to introduce more constructive engagement? Are there lessons you can learn from Tube Lines who seem to have far less difficulty?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

But you get the threat of a strike every six months and people have to alter their arrangements.

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

I am hoping that I am going to be wrong and that you will be able to deliver these on time, but the evidence is not there.

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

For example, you were fiercely critical of Metronet's shareholders: WS Atkins, Bombardier and Balfour Beatty. Are you going to let any contracts to these companies?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Which projects are going to be cancelled?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

Are you therefore going to guarantee that the new trains for the sub-surface lines are going to be installed from next year?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 20 February 2008

When we asked Tim O'Toole last week he was not prepared to give any estimates of time because we are in freefall at the moment.