• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

Obviously your life story will be entitled `Confessions of a Bus Spotter'! The point is that there are a small group of elderly people, without access to private cars, maybe their kids in other parts of London will drive you to and from the supermarket and do things for you, but people want independence, and these services are, for them, a lifeline. I think there is a fear out there, in the case of the 953 people were given the service two years ago, now it is being rearranged. It took years to build up local knowledge that there was...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

Given, because of the climate change agenda, you have agreed that you will change the London Plan targets, that you will change the policies on aviation in the London Plan, you have already agreed with Jenny [Jones] that you will get some new policies on food - it has basically been an orgy of greenery this morning - in the light of the importance of the climate change agenda, do you think it is time to review this decision on a major new road building project, which should be scrapped on environmental grounds?

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

Thank you, yes, can I do that? Now he has said how important I am to food I would like to declare that interest please. Ken, in response to John Biggs' statements over there, are you aware that you could have responded by saying that the direct emissions of Londoners is seven tonnes per person, which is the lowest in the country, because of public transport and we are doing other things, whereas when you put in all the indirect emissions, it actually rises to 12 tonnes per person, which is 15% higher than the UK average. When we are...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 21 March 2007

Do you not accept that although there is great merit in this strategy and the range of issues there can, for example, be instances where it is more ecologically sound to grow produce in a place where the weather and climate encourages that, and when you factor in the transport cost it is actually less harmful to the environment than force feeding heat into a greenhouse in the South East of England? Things are not always them seem. Additionally, if you look at the carbon costs of food production and shopping, it is as much the final trip of a...

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

If we put forward a series of recommendations on indirect emissions from food, then those will be taken?

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

Thank you. Thank you for that figure of 11% because I did not have that. In fact what it means is that food, with its indirect and direct emissions, probably accounts for more than transport actually does: perhaps not if you include aviation, but certainly for ground based transport. On your Climate Change Action Plan we broadly very much welcome this, but it was a bit disappointing you did not mention food more. I can see you trust me completely because you are saying, `The Food Strategy lays out some of these issues' and that is what you have just...

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

There is spinach and broccoli and things like that.

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

Has it occurred to you it might be an idea not to eat green beans? Has that crossed your mind?

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

Good.

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

Do you see this as an educational campaign that you could take forward through your Mayoral campaign?