• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

I was just thinking what you might think of the idea that if the US may not have signed up to the Kyoto Agreement, whether city states and federal states in America should be able to, given that their states are leading so prominently on initiatives on that front. Maybe that is one way of getting the Americans on board.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

I share your optimism about the potential, if the economics can be got right and the delivery mechanisms. Have you considered the impact that the CCA may have on the 20% reduction target by 2010, given that I think there were European Union (EU) figures just this week showing that greenhouse gas emissions last year were up 1.3% across Europe? Since the Labour Government came to power in 1997, emissions are up 3%, so the trends are all going the wrong way. Do you think that that target of 20% by 2010 is still achievable?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

Who are the firms that we have the deal with?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

The next question is on Heathrow and Terminal 6. Did you see this month that Friends of the Earth have published a study showing that if air traffic grows at its current exponential rate, all the gains that are coming from the things you have been talking about will be lost through increased emissions from air transport?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

Mr Mayor, this morning Mr Jones has made his first appearance in the Evening Standard suggesting that London Underground could be cooled by using wasted energy at London Underground stations to provide cooled water, which would bring down the temperature of the air in the tunnels. Have you had a chance to look at this proposal, or is he just talking off-the-cuff?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

Surely one of the most dangerous things is to in any way demonise the US or its administration over environmental records, because if you look at developments over the last decade, the Americans have done a lot themselves. George Bush (US President) himself, as Governor of Texas in 1998, paved the way for one of the most successful, speediest, and most economic policies for renewables in the world. Would you not agree that it is dangerous to automatically ' because the US is identified or instinctively feels that Kyoto is a slightly false prospectus ' is it not dangerous for...

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

Taking care of the environment is not just a preserve of the Left, but can we just zero in on the CCA, which is obviously a key part of your strategy to make sure that our environment is safeguarded in London. What is the status of the CCA? Is it a municipal company, or is it just an agency? What is our status here?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

Where is the business plan that supports this agency?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

When will the business plan be published so that we can expect to look at the success criteria against which the CCA can be judged?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 22 June 2005

Can you give us a time frame?