• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 13 September 2006

I am sorry, that is completely head in the sand. We are talking about kids on the under-16 travel things, and should you actually be encouraging them to be riding around late at night anyway?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 13 September 2006

I just wondered if you were listening to the points that Joanne McCartney made? The fact is, like it or not, there is a problem, and her experience, as you know, because I have raised it with you before, is exactly the same as happens in my constituency. Saying that one is going to have lots and lots of police riding around, and so on, might be a helpful solution, but what are you going to do to help the Police by actually putting in place disincentives clearly and specifically to the bad behaviour of a minority, but nonetheless the...

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

Well, let us talk in moment if we can about how you might differentiate buses using a particular kind of oil for particular people. If you are going to start saying that some people can travel at some prices and others at others.

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

Was it true?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 13 September 2006

Back in the heady days of 2000, when people were making promises and had not yet assumed responsibility for this organisation, one old socialist was complaining about the fact that the bus fare was £1. He stated, 'A flat-rate 70p Bus fare throughout London could produce an 18% increase in bus use with commensurate reduction in the use of cars. This exactly the kind of radical policy innovation that will be expected from London's first Labour Mayor.' Can you tell me who that was? I will give you a clue: it was not Bob Crow.

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

welcome the interest of the Tories in foreign affairs, but I will resist the temptation to comment on that, and bring it back to the issue in front of us. Mayor, it is certainly the case that you are on top of finances and you have taken measures to make sure that lowest income families are not hit, but isn't the litmus test what impact the fair increases have had on bus and Tube ridership, and I wondered whether you could inform us what impact you think has been had over the last two years and what you anticipate to...

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 September 2006

No, I am going on to that, if you do not mind. The issue that he (Mr Gillam) has highlighted to me just last night in a four page letter is, you talked about the £2.1 billion and of course the revenue stream associated with that for the payback, but does that cover the necessary work that is needed in terms of extending the platforms? We would be unhappy if we're just going to stay with the three line track that exists; We would still be pushing for the four line alignment. Can we be assured that this package will...

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 13 September 2006

If you look at some of the small pieces of media coverage of the price rises in our tourist markets in the United States and in other places, you will see they have been given very small mentions, but they have all been massive price hikes for fares. I have noticed also there has been quite a bit of general feeling or comment that, 'well it is not a bad idea to charge tourist or visitors more that commuters, because, because'' I just wonder if you would refute that suggestion, or argument because surely it is exactly the argument that...

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 13 September 2006

I think that is really important, thank you for that.

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

I think that Stalin ran at about 99% in his country.