• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

On this issue about climate change and what TfL is doing, what about aviation? You have a plan about another Congestion Charging zone around Heathrow to try to discourage people at least taking their cars there, even though aviation is the real problem. Is there anything more on that?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I think the emphasis from Mike (Tuffrey) has been on the movement of people between jobs and houses, which rightly is a focus in transport, but there is also the movement of goods and particularly freight. I am just wondering whether you can update us to what extent TfL are going to be doing anything on this front. I think there are some major reductions in transport demand that can probably be achieved and some of that business, clearly, can contribute, too.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Can I ask what you are doing in the role of Mayor to encourage unions and employers to ensure that all London workers are paid the living wage? I can see that one in seven employees in the capitol do not receive this.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

You talked about direct employees. I wonder what we can do about subcontractors? Can anything be done when tendering for contracts that are going to weighed as part of those negotiations?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Thank you, Mayor, for that. I do appreciate the points you are making about what the boroughs could do in terms of the energy provisions for their households. I also do think it probably indicates something about the density of accommodation, residential as well as other uses, within local authorities. It is clear it you look at the figures that actually the inner London boroughs like Camden, City, Westminster and Hackney have got much lower figures of CO2 emission per capita than the boroughs like Barnet and Richmond. I do not know if there are lessons to be learned from...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

You are quite right; energy efficiency measures like that would be useful. At the same time it seems as though, as a region, we are doing better than others. The basis on which you are starting a lot of your initiatives is a lot better than a lot of other parts of the country.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

We are in a situation now following the vote in the upper chamber on Monday where we have a much clearer view. Firstly, Mayor, will you join me in congratulating those from the Labour Group who did the right thing on Monday of this week when they defeated the last ditch attempt to exempt private members clubs from the smoking ban. Needless to say, that was an attempt by the Tobacco Manufacturing Association. To follow on from what you have just said to Joanne (McCartney), will you consider using your considerable public media presence to work with TfL in January...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Thank you, and later there will be some discussion on draft regulations to the bill. One of those will be about definitions of enclosed spaces. We already have a smoking ban on the Underground. I wonder what you can do to encourage, for example, the train operating companies to ensure that there is no smoking on platforms, as well, because if someone does light up it affects at least half the platform.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I also understand that should the legislation pass the new year will start with a nationwide campaign. I am just wondering what you are hoping to do here at City Hall to promote the ban and to encourage Londoners to abide by it.

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

Given that there was some argument that it would assist young people in travelling and assist them in out-of-school activities and so on, if the issue does persist then, Mayor, are you looking at a cut-off time for this, to prevent youngsters who perhaps really should not be out and about using the public transport late at night, using a facility that might be more acceptable if it were helping them to do after school clubs or something of that kind?