• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

I do not think it would have helped if I had made 350 speeches against you and your policies.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

You have told us of two issues this morning where you will lead instead of the Deputy Mayor. What will the Deputy Mayor lead on?

• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

Both as a new member of the Assembly and seeing what has happened with the Deputy Mayorship going to the Greens in this final year of your administration, I might take a rather cynical view about you trying to appeal to the environmentalists at this point in your term. But perhaps I am wrong in that.

• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

So you admit there may be barking mad suggestions from your Deputy Mayor?

• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

But I do not think that is quite going to work is it? You are the voice for Londoners and you have appointed a Deputy also to have a voice for Londoners. If one person is saying one thing and the other person is saying something else, how is this bid going to get the partnership work that it needs, the strong voice for London? I do not understand how you will achieve that.

• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

I was interested in what you were saying earlier on about the need for a strong voice for regional government. You talked about enemies of London and how you were always pressing the case for London. I wanted to see your reaction to what your reaction was to what you Deputy recently said in the Manchester Evening News on 11 June " which seems quite an interesting date. `I am opposed to a London Olympic Bid for 2012. " said Ms Jones, "I think a Manchester a bid would be preferable, not least because Manchester has just built a number...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

The previous Deputy Mayor claimed credit for many of things that you did. What successes do you think the current Deputy Mayor will be able to claim in a year's time?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

Do you think it is a little bit strange though that the Labour group has now become obsessed with policy differences between yourself and the party that now has the Deputy Mayor position? When Nicky Gavron was Deputy Mayor, they were not too exercised about Nicky's position on PPP and her support for the Labour group position on PPP; they seem to be able to live with that. So how come they have got obsessed with policy differences between you and Jenny?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

When we saw Tim O'Toole last week " and he was quite impressive " he said that his priorities included a no-strike agreement and an emergency plan to enable Londoners to get in and out of town if the Tube was brought down by a strike. We have not heard any of these things before. Are they your priorities as well?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 18 June 2003

): I am somewhat encouraged because on previous exchanges on this very subject you resistant to my suggestion. I am glad that you are now moving to the Liberal Democrats' position.