• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

Are there specific things you think you could have done better over the last four years?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

Four years ago, you were going around London saying that more road building merely creates more traffic, the politicians have learned their lesson, and we should be investing in public transport and not building new roads.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

What do you consider to be your most environmentally damaging decision over the past four years? Would it be the decision to back the six-lane road crossing in East London, the decision to widen the North Circular, the decision to back the destruction of part of Erith Marshes, the decision to back the destruction of part of Spitalfields Market, or the decision, at least until today, to back airport expansion at Stansted and Gatwick?

• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

What is your greatest disappointment as Mayor?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

What you have just told is that you described them as Labour's `second eleven" on the basis of knowing Len, Toby and Nicky, which is an interesting point, but the remainder you have found to be outstandingly better than Len, Toby and Nicky. Do you feel you should stop digging at this point?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

Unusually, I strongly agree with all the points made by the previous questioners and confirm, since he is not going to be allowed to do so for himself, that Andrew Pelling has indeed undergone a major conversion and is now being extremely supportive of the extension of the Croydon Tramlink into the other part of his current constituency. Incidentally, whilst we would welcome any of the extensions on Tramlink, the local authority's preferred route would be for the route from Tooting to Sutton and not the heavy rail one. Returning to south London, I think it is a fair criticism...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

He fought it tooth and nail.

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with the Croydon Chamber of Commerce. I came away with the impression that there is a long list of businesses in Croydon that are also now expanding, and not just the retail sector but the financial services sector also. Would you not share my view that in terms of strategic investment in Croydon to boost its businesses, especially now that you have identified it as an opportunity area in your London Plan, the best strategic investment would be to proceed with the four extensions to the Croydon Tramlink you have identified as having...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

I am very pleased that you recognise how Croydon has changed in that way. Of course, one of the drivers in terms of this poor allocation of monies to south London is that there is no recognition about how those pockets of deprivation do not score with the ward level deprivation scores, therefore not much money comes our way. I am very pleased to hear that you will change things because the amount of money that goes to organisations such as Innovate South London is really so small that they have to operate below critical mass. I am afraid the...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

I am pleased to be asking a question when I have guests here from Croydon, particularly the widow of former GLC Member, Steve Stuart, who was a very strong believer in the benefits of a GLC. I am grateful for the points you make about how the LDA is willing to give assistance to businesses in south London. However, an answer you gave at a previous meeting this year showed that the amount of money that came to south London from the LDA was £28 million, in comparison to east London's £451 million, and indeed other areas have received more...