• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

However, it is a different picture with some of these big retail developments and the large residential developments. Was it not a consideration both with Stratford and with King's Cross that both of these areas breach European Union (EU) air quality limits already, and was it really responsible to provide for more car-parking provision, increasing more traffic, bringing more cars into the area, when we are already breaching EU air quality limits in these two areas?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

King's Cross has over 1,000 residential car-parking spaces as well as a huge number, the maximum amount, of commercial parking spaces as well as Stratford City. These are not places that are badly served by public transport.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

That has obviously got to be the right approach, and regenerating local high streets as well. Does the London Plan, therefore, need tightening up to prevent a whole new round of schemes like White City, Stratford City, Brent Cross and all the rest of them? Do we need a stronger London Plan policy?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

I think Mr Johnson (AM) slightly underestimates the importance to West London of the very regenerative qualities of the White City development in what was a very rundown area. I think you will recall that the then Labour-run Hammersmith & Fulham Council ' no longer ' was agreeable to the car-parking that was going to be allowed at the White City development in order to leverage in the money that would otherwise not have been available to build White City, which everybody agrees is a very important part of the regeneration of that part of London. Would you not agree...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

Are you saying no to further retail developments of this type?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

I think the clear concern from a lot of people in suburban London now is that because of the impact of a lot of other policies you have followed, car-parking around stations in residential streets is severely impacting on people's lives. If you provide car-parking at stations instead, which is secure and as an alternative, then that represents a sensible way of encouraging people who commute into London to park securely and not impact on local residents.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

Is your agenda a car-free London?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

I notice your deputy (Nicky Gavron AM) is raising her hand, possibly to correct you here because she actually is quoted as saying that your agenda is a car-free London, and as your climate change spokesperson perhaps she should know what she is talking about?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

No, the question to the Mayor is: Why did the Deputy Mayor disagree with the answer which you just gave?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 April 2006

I agree with that. The 20% target was only published in your energy strategy just over two years ago, so things have obviously gone wrong in two years. What additional measures will now be needed in London to make up for the shortfall which as you rightly argue is down to Government failure rather than London's failure?