• 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?

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

In this particular station studies have shown that it is constantly busy, either through paper tickets being sold or Oyster top-ups or other queries being asked by commuters. The figures that have been quoted at the moment are ticket office sales. How far away will commuters have to go in order to top-up their Oyster cards when they have to pay cash?

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

What message do you have to commuters arriving home in the dark not knowing whether there is anyone on the station or not and not knowing that there will be someone located in the ticket office whom they can call on for assistance when required?

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

On a similar theme I have had representations from people about the Seven Sisters ticket office. Seven Sisters has two entrances and exits, one on Green Lane which is extremely busy and one on the Seven Sisters Road which interchanges with the overground. That is actually quite deserted. You have to go through a very narrow passage to get to it, and I have had concerns from people saying they do not feel safe there, especially at night. It would be welcomed if there was someone on the gates there. There was also a concern about the loss of the...