• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

Thank you very much, Mr Mayor, but I am really going to concentrate on midweek matches and, quite frankly, what you have said does not happen, particularly at Fulham, and I know that up at Emirates it is just a huge problem. In Fulham there are no extra trains put on and, of course, there is all the commuters going back home after a day's work, plus all the London people trying to get to the Fulham match, plus visiting supporters, and it is chaos. I put this question down because I was involved in it several times but two...

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

Equally, Mr Mayor, on rail closures etc that you are proposing, is your message then to football fans across London, `You will not be able to get to your favoured stadium by public transport, so you should drive'?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

One of the things that has to happen is whilst the focus of TfL is about the spectators going to the Olympics, I think the reality is week in week out we have as many as 250,000 Londoners going to their local football teams, rugby teams and whatever. I just do not think enough planning has been done. Your answer does suggest that they have taken it on board but there is clear evidence, whether you look at Craven Cottage - where I will be on Saturday, at Putney Bridge - or you go to Fulham Broadway, or you go...

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

Finally, you mentioned the row about the Princess Diana memorial concert. Is that now resolved?

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

In terms of the Emirates Stadium, the capacity has doubled. What improvements have been made to the local stations like Highbury and Islington and Arsenal?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 February 2007

I think that where Ken and his people need to move to, is to put pressure on the train operating companies of the over rails. For instance, Drayton Park Station, you knowwe have been waiting now for the results of the feasibility, some work to be done there, because there is absolutely no reason why Drayton Manor Park should not be brought into the service and midweek trains added to that. Certainly it is absolutely astonishing that we have 80,000 people in that locality and that over rail station is closed on a Saturday. So I think that is where...

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

Are these 3,000 annual reviews all completed on schedule do you know?

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

Are you not concerned that we are having incidents where London Underground is found to be at fault? And what is your feeling about the extraordinary review of Metronet's projected £750 million claim for cost overruns? And how much do you think Metronet is going to be owed by London Underground?

• 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...