• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Thank you, Mr Mayor, for focusing on the tragic accident which occurred on the number 25 route in my constituency. It was absolutely horrific. You are right, there are a number of fatalities across London involving the bus service, unfortunately, but in a large city perhaps you expect that to some extent. In this case, however, someone was trapped beneath the vehicle for a distance of up to a mile, which is horrific. I look forward to seeing the results of the investigation as to why that happened. We had a case in Ilford a week before where a bendy...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Given your remarks just a minute or two ago about the danger that might occur were a fire to break out on a double-decker bus, is that an argument for getting rid of all double-deckers?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

I was just going to make the point that by and large Transport for London discourages articulated vehicles from coming into London, does it not?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Can I ask you to reconsider and to give disabled sport the same amount of money as able-bodied sports?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

You are quite right; in my constituency I know of about three or four bus accidents over the years where there was hardly any mention of them. Is there anything that we can do to dampen this hostility that there clearly is in the media about the bendy bus? As you said, the furore sadly that we have seen was not about the fatality but about the bendy bus.

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Certainly I do not imagine anyone here will not send their condolences to the families for their loss. You have said that you are going to be sending that information to the Assembly's Transport Committee, which sounds a very good idea, but will you also be making the investigation report public? It would be useful if that information was available so that people could understand more of the background to the accident.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Presumably you would welcome ideas as to how this might work? Finally, the £250,000 that you mentioned earlier, you talked about it being for able-bodied sports people and for disabled. Could you give us the split between the two? How much is for disabled sport?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Who will run the Cross Borough Innovations Fund? It is not clear. The need for a cross borough fund I think everyone agrees is absolutely vital because people do not just go to a youth club from that particular area. Who will run it?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

I think £80,000 is derisory and will not make any difference at all. It is just almost an insult to disabled sport. As you know their needs are greater than able- bodied sports because it has been so badly lacking in funding and the facilities are appalling.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Sorry, I must not have made myself clear. What I am saying is, if a borough currently has very little youth provision, will you make sure that it is not stopped from getting some of this money because one of your targets says that it should only be for boroughs that have existing schemes running?