• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Clearly you have thought about this issue. I just think it is very important to keep the local residents on board and they have made their views quite clear; that it goes round Somers Town rather than through Somers Town. I personally think it is not too much to expect people to walk between Euston and King's Cross.

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Mr Mayor, all that I have learnt from Richard Barnes and my colleagues in Ealing on how to oppose the West London Tram I shall be deploying in opposing the Cross River Tram. The point on Somers Town, which Murad Qureshi in his flying visit there a few weeks ago slightly missed, is that Camden Council has done a significant amount of work to make that estate a holistic ' I hate to use that New Labour word ' estate; as you will know, they have invested substantially in security measures, in CCTV (closed circuit television), in reducing crime, drug...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

I just want to draw your attention to one of the specifics from the survey about the options for Euston and King's Cross, where it suggests that 55% of people support the option going through Somers Town. Could I ask that local residents' views get a higher weighting than those in other boroughs which are not as affected by the possibility of the tram going through Somers Town, and that also consideration be taken about access to public services like St. Pancras Hospital; Option 1 clearly has benefits for those going to the hospital there.

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

That was where I was coming to, because what I would be concerned about would be if this review or the period of anxiety about funding would mean that development work on the project would cease. Are you absolutely clear that development work on the Cross River Tram project will continue as expected? There is a lot of surveying, drawing, further consultation and planning work to be done as part of this project which could be got out of the way.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Are you still spending money on the West London Tram?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

What about their front gardens?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

Can I pick up part of your answer to Valerie Shawcross, Mr Mayor. Once again you hinted that the West London Tram is a dead project. Are you still spending money on developing it or have you halted that whole project? Can I tell the electorate in West London that you are no longer wasting their money?

• 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?