• 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.

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

In that 56 days since you took office, I presume therefore that Bob [Kiley] has not done any days of consultancy?

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

You are absolutely right; I am a free market unapologetic, and like Brian Cooke [Chairman] of Travelwatch, my argument is that, as I think he said this morning, top people have to be paid top money, and I agree with that. I welcome what you volunteered earlier on about transparency and accountability. The actual words you used were fairly powerful ones and I think all of us should both take you at your word but also hold you to them. 19 The point about Bob's [Kiley] departure was that there was a lot of ill feeling. I agree totally with...

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

That is fair enough. What sort of things will he be doing for his consultancy? What areas are we talking about? I have heard sort of rumours about Crossrail, but that is something that he could be a consultant on that until the year 2020 I should think.

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

It adds to the perception about how you are as a person, and that is important to people if you are running the transport network.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Is it true that the inspectors who get on these bendy buses have minders with them?