• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Given what you said about pressures on water resources, with which I have much sympathy, will you share my amazement that the Secretary of State, when directing Bromley Council in relation to their UDP, directed them to remove a policy which would have strengthened the degree to which lack of water resource should be taken into account when determining development applications? Does that not fly in the face of what you have been saying? Will you condemn what the Secretary of State has done?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

There ought to be cross-party support for that, but pursuing the Ofwat point, can I ask you to write to them, or whatever engagement mechanism is appropriate, to specifically request them to review the charging formula so that Thames Water's profits come down and they spend more on pipe renewal?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I am glad to hear that you agree that the interceptor tunnel is absolutely necessary, and I hope you will use all your resources to persuade the government to put up the money ' something like £90-100 million. It is very, very expensive, but it is much needed. Would you not think that the Government is being a bit easy on Thames Water to give them a target of 2% reduction in their leakage over the next 5-6 years, which is extremely, extremely low considering they have 30% leakage at this present time? There must be some other way of...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Through the Chair, can I suggest that the Mayor does not go for Mastermind if the topic is disability or funding for disability sport.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I am sorry, I have just given you three questions and you could not answer any of them.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I am sorry; it has not been opened according to them. Are you saying that they should have been told there was some funding, that there is some money available?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

However the gates have not opened as far as the disability coaches and clubs are concerned.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Yes

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I did not think you would, and nobody would expect you to. We would expect you, having such an interest in people with disabilities, to know something about it. Let me ask you another question. You have talked a lot about Olympic legacy, and it is very clear what the Olympic legacy is. It is less clear what the Paralympic legacy is. The disability coaches and clubs that we have spoken to have said there has been no increase in funding at all since we won the bid; that some of the existing money in actual fact has been redirected...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Not according to Mr Higgins.