• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

Thank you, Mr Mayor. That is what we were told originally and it was very welcome. I was very surprised therefore that we were told at the Coordination Completion Committee at the MPA (Metropolitan Police Authority) on 1 February this month, quite specifically - and I clarified this both at the meeting and subsequently by email - that the Transport PCSOs [Police Community Support Officers] will not routinely be allowed beyond the barrier either on overground or, even more surprisingly, underground rail, because they have not received BTP's (British Transport Police) trackside training. That was made very clear two weeks...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

Can I say I very much agree with what Graham Tope has said. My concern is the same as his; that we need absolute clarity on this. For those of us in outer London, as you know, this is our tube, in effect. A recent experience highlighted my concern. A constituent's son and a number of other youngsters were assaulted and mugged on the Hayes line. It was impossible to get British Transport Police to respond in an adequate time because there simply are not enough of them. It is desperately important, I am sure you will agree, that we...

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

The other issue is about more long distance journeys coming into London and the lack of park and ride car parks. Where the M25 crosses rail lines it would be possible to develop more park and ride facilities along the lines that you recently backed when we questioned you about the Olympic park and ride facilities being retained.

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

So we do have targets of 17% carbon emission reductions in outer London, and you have got your LEZ (Low Emission Zone) Scheme for heavy goods vehicles, but will that be sufficient to achieve any significant contribution to the 17%?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

Can we not explore bringing back more comfortable express buses similar to the Green Line system we used to have?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

That discussion has given me a fair bit to have a stab at, but the initial question was actually about bus services. My constituents tell me a major disincentive to them switching from their car to a bus is the fact it costs them £2 to go one stop. Is it not the case that your fare policy is discouraging people to switch to public transport in outer London?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

So will you commit to bringing back some kind of investigation or proposal shortly?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

We have no road pricing schemes in outer London, we have got increasing congestion, we do not have many solutions, so road pricing will need to be looked at. So is the problem not really that the Government does not want to have any such debate this side of the general election?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

We have said all along it is better not to have a cut price Olympics and cut all the sustainability and the legacy elements, and so you would agree with that, they should spend a bit more on having the right.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

Fine words, and I do not doubt that every one of them is sincere. But I would like to draw your attention to two big deficits. The reason we framed the question in this way is because we wanted to make it clear to you that it is not only the Green group here that is complaining about the environmental sustainability of the Games. Let me just quote you, `The Olympic bid promise, at Games time, 20% of the Olympic Park electricity requirements will be met by new local energy sources'. Now that is not in fact what was then...