• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Which might suggest that the trade union's membership would benefit from a higher level of participation within their union. Is there anything that TfL can do to improve participation and therefore to make this business a bit more democratic and less volatile?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

A feature of the ballots that we have seen recently is that fewer than half of the people eligible to vote have taken part, and even fewer of the people who voted for industrial action have then taken part in the action that they sanctioned themselves. Do you think participation is a problem? Do you agree with me that it is a disgrace that a small number of people ' a couple of hundred militants ' can disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of Londoners by bringing Tube lines to a halt?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Then you are washing your hands of this rather awkward and minor business?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Surely that is the nature of public life, and you are in public life.

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Almost two hours ago you went through five key challenges as Transport Commissioner. Which of those five - planning for growth, PPP, improving delivery and so on - do you think Bob [Kiley] is going to provide help with?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

You said you were seeing Bob Kiley on Friday to talk about what he might do. Can we get this clear for the record? Is [Bob] Kiley working for you or is he working for the Mayor?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Then the Mayor is the Chair and you are the Mayor's nominee, effectively for this purpose?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

They have a job to do.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Are you expecting him to do this work from London or from America?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

What surprises me is that we are not really sure what he is going to be working on. We have worked out his terms and his hours, but we do not really know what he is going to be doing.