• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

Can I just come back to the point you made about this round of the London Plan, saying that it is now too late to change? It is surely not too late for there to be a positive response to the responses to consultation and the points made to the Examination in Public (EIP) which undoubtedly will be very strong on this issue?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

Do you share my concern that Rod Eddington's remarks about Heathrow may well stem from the fact that he was Chairman of British Airways and it would seem that he is somewhat favouring the strengthening of the main location from which British Airways operates?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

As you know, you will have the unequivocal support of the Labour Members in opposing a third runway at Heathrow, and a sixth terminal. In assembling the case for that you will have to respond to the concerns of the Corporation of London and the City financial services. You say London's that position is enhanced and not threatened by the number of destinations that can be achieved. You will also have to answer the many Londoners with overseas connections who see cheap and accessible travel to other parts of the world as part of the deal they have in living...

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

Would you back a campaign to support and encourage modal shift from short haul air travel to high speed rail?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

In which case will you build on that commitment and confirm that we cannot possibly meet the carbon reduction targets that are in your various plans that we have to meet, if there is continued growth in aviation, over and above the question of the third runway and a sixth terminal?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

Network Rail has told me that there is a pay back on investing in such a rail link to Scotland and linking into Eurostar. What positive action will you take with the Government to press for this?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

Thank you, Mr Mayor. You will be a strange bed fellow.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

So in my New Year message to my constituents in the five villages I can say that you and I are one against the third parallel runway? I can spell it out exactly as it is called.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

The Office of Fair Trade is going to do an investigation of British Airports Authority's (BAA) monopoly of airports in and around London. Will you be making representations to them, and which way are they likely to go? My personal view is that it is likely to improve things for Londoners passing through airports but, unwittingly, it is probably going to increase slots for flights.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 13 December 2006

Thank you, Mr Mayor. Do not let us forget there are already three runways at Heathrow so we are talking about a fourth, but it is called the third parallel runway. During the last Mayoral elections, you refused to come out against the third parallel runway at Heathrow because you would be the planning authority which had to determine whether it was going to or not. What made you change your mind?