• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Thank you, Mr Mayor. I agree with you that the consultation findings were very, very positive and quite a lot of people took part. Although there might be some surprising thoughts in there, basically there is broad community, political and business support for this project. I was grateful to TfL for publishing the report just before the Mayor's Question Time and I hope giving them a deadline assisted in getting it out, but I am a bit concerned by a comment that was made by Malcolm Murray Clark [Managing Director, Planning, TfL] in the letter which covered the tram consultation...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

I was heartened to hear some of the things you said about Crossrail, but I think we will agree that to persuade the Treasury to be more flexible than it has hitherto been in relation to borrowing, something has to give. Can you give me an assurance that if it is an issue between the tram or Crossrail, unequivocally Crossrail would take the priority?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

It is good to see you are not following the footsteps of Gordon Brown who refuses to publicly debate with his opponents. Does Boris Johnson worry you?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

I have no idea what your answer will be to this actually, so I may get my head kicked in later for asking it; I welcome your suggestion that the Assembly should carry out scrutiny into this, but would you be as happy to be scrutinised in public debate with your competitors to be Mayor, to examine their proposals in greater detail as well?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

You gave a very detailed quote from our hustings on Monday [hustings for those competing to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London in 2008 GLA elections]. I did not notice you there; did you have anyone there observing?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

We are going through the budget-making process at present, and integral to that is the settlement for funding London's transport over the next three years, but particularly over the next year. Do you see there being pressures which currently threaten our ability to provide the current level of services for buses in London?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Well I hope there is not because I have had this complaint from one of the local councillors who tells me she has been in discussions about it.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Clearly 3,464 customers at North Harrow Station do not agree with your proposals to close the ticket office. Will you now reconsider that given the scale of public opposition that there is and retain this particular ticket office along with considering the rest of the Metropolitan Line, which is also being faced with these proposals, that will lead particularly on event days to absolute chaos on the whole network.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

In your comments you allude to the fact that the reduction in ticket office sales is 61%. In a letter from Tim O'Toole to a resident he makes clear it is a 47% reduction. It appears that the figures that you have and Tim O'Toole have seem to differ. Here we are conducting a consultation without the true facts being put in front of people.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. Can I ask you directly how many staff will be lost when you close the ticket office at North Harrow Station?