• 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?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

`Not much into double figures' ; I mean are we talking less than 20, less than 50?

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

This is an issue which you know I have raised with you in past, as well, and there is at least some evidence suggesting that if it does not create a problem, it can exacerbate existing problems of disorder, particularly where you have got major public transport nodes. I have got a number of those in my constituency - Bexley town centre and Bromley town centre. How do you respond to the concern that we pick up from ordinary police officers on the street who say `Well, there was a problem before this happened, but the extra congregation of young...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Again, it is pointed out in the report that those people who are actually making a contribution to the purchase price of affordable housing do not want a lot of the affordable housing which has been provided because, as we have discussed earlier, it is the wrong size. More importantly, a lot of it is not in appropriate places where they can exercise a choice. It is indeed the case that in London the bulk of new affordable housing which is likely to be provided in the near future is going to be in the Thames Gateway. We received evidence...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Mr Mayor, bus users will be pleased to learn that the number of arrests for anti-social behaviour are up by 35%, as you told us earlier. Can you just update us on the number of under-16 Travelcards that have been withdrawn for anti-social behaviour? What is the latest figure