• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

That is quite a significant move. How will you be able to define that the PPP is demonstrably not working? What targets have you set for the companies for that decision point next year when you are planning to do this?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

When we spoke to Bob Kiley this morning, he said that engineering overruns, such as the problems we experienced with Metronet sub-surface lines today, would form a significant part of that judgement. He also said that he felt that the practice of re-starting every morning was a potential safety hazard and he sounded quite concerned about it. Do you share his concerns about the safety of operating the Underground under this system?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

If it were to come to the crunch next year, would you be willing to go back to the courts? How much money have you set aside in the budget for legal challenge and for the cost of making changes?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

No, you did not. In what part of your manifesto?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

Let me give you my take on two years on. Seriously damaged businesses across the capital, and a business community in some pain; a huge majority against expanding it ' two more petitions in today ' and not least because most people think there is not that much congestion in West London that needs dealing with. No other city is prepared even to consider a Congestion Charge after the massive no votes in Edinburgh, leaving London completely isolated. A broken promise about not needing to raise the charge from £5 to £8 for at least 10 years, and of course...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

Therefore you think it is ours anyway. I will pass that on to the Labour councillor.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

I was just looking up the majority in Hammersmith and Fulham and I think it is survivable. I think we are probably going to increase it on 5 May. To return to the matter in hand, it seems to me there is a fundamental problem here which is that earlier today the Assembly united in supporting all sorts of high-level improvements to London's transport and yet every time we come up against an individual scheme up they pop saying we cannot have this, we cannot have that, it is an elected dictatorship, there is no consultation. There is a fundamental...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

Nobody recognises what you mean by the word consultation. Are you prepared to have a little bet with me on the outcome of the election in Hammersmith and Fulham?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

I wanted to know about the measures.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 April 2005

I have to say that people do wonder what is the point of your consultations because in your election manifesto you did not even mention the possibility of raising it to £8. You have heard the voices behind me today (in the public gallery of the Chamber). You are being described these days as a dictator ' a tin-pot one, I think I should add ' for the arrogance with which you choose to dismiss anybody, any views, any advice, including that of your advisors, that does not happen to accord with what you obviously intend to do anyway. Consultation...