• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

In itself, the LEZ has a relatively small impact, certainly without that step-up in 2010, nonetheless it is welcomed as a step in the right direction. Can I just pursue the question of what TfL's own fleet can contribute to the bigger picture? You have talked about diesel-electric hybrids now coming in on trial. As far as I am aware, there is no intention currently to have hydrogen hybrid technology, despite there being some viable models out there. Do you have enough briefing to be able to say why that is so?

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

Good. Thank you very much for that comprehensive listing. The LEZ itself is welcome. Before I move on there are wider impacts, so can you say what your view is about the 2010 step-up in terms of light vehicles and the Euro IV standard? I know that has been the subject of consultation, but, presumably, you want that to kick in in 2010?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

My concern at present, welcome though the diesel hybrids are, is that all the experts are saying that clearly hydrogen is the ultimate. We are not there yet, but the sooner we can get towards that through the hydrogen hybrids the better. As I say, I understand there are experiments going on in other parts of the world that do not seem to feature in the TfL plans.

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

I warmly welcome the work that TfL have already done with the rail services in London, particularly the safety improvements that have been made. Can I just clarify with you what your view is of what the end point is, or the success point in terms of TfL's developing relationship and work with the overground system? You mentioned the taking over of individual franchises, but in the later question, and certainly in the points you made there, you referred to the RUSs. It seems to me that some of the options that Network Rail are putting up to the Government...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

I will make the fundamental error then of talking about providing choices to Government. Do you think that on the Croydon Tramlink we should go with the flow in terms of just continuing to promote the extension to Crystal Palace, or do you think we should resurrect some of the other options that were being considered before?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Do you feel that some of the controversy that arose on the issue of the withdrawal of family Travelcards and the Mayor's offer of free travel on the Underground show that it is much more difficult for TfL and for the Mayor to be able to offer solutions for South London transport, bearing in mind our lack of an Underground system there? What do you feel should be the approach of the Mayor, TfL, Assembly Members, and London MPs, to lobby for improved public transport provision in South London? After all, in some of these debates about investing in Crossrail...

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 March 2006

Would you agree with me that Londoners from both sides of the river ' you have just mentioned the North London Line would be better served if TfL's strategy or plans to increase London's rail capacity were strategically linked with projects to improve passenger security and safety at stations? My question is prompted by my constituents in Waltham Forest who continue to call for safety improvements at Wood Street Station where John Coffey was stabbed to death in 2004. This seems to be an action that has fallen out of TfL's plans and strategies. Do we have to wait for...

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

Is this all dependent on TfL taking control? How far have we got? I know we are consulting on the potential boundaries of such a change of control. Is there a lot of negotiating still to be done? Where have we got to?

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

Perhaps more realistic is improving rail access to our airports, for example Gatwick and Stansted. Even if we get TfL responsibility for rail in London, that may not extend as far as those airports. How is that going to be handled?

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

I am pleased to hear that. I believe it is said that if we could modernise the signalling systems in particular in South London we could increase the capacity coming into London from the South and South East by as much as 40%. Is that a fair assumption?