• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

Yes, we do in that sense, but central Government does not bear any risk in relation to the bonds does it?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

A separate issue on the bonds. At the end of the day, and with a lot of detailed questioning, it is right, and I am sure Mr Critchley can agree, that the ultimate guarantor of the debt is who?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

`Tag and beacon- might be rather closer.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

Why did we have this curious split yesterday with Mr Kiley obviously enthusiastic about it and talking about the trials that are taking place and the fact that it was just the round the corner on offer for the whole of London's pinch-points, and why did you, Mayor, go out of your way yesterday to say you knew hardly anything about it and quite honestly it was nothing that was going to happen in the next decade at the very least?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

In those negotiations it would be good to know what the value was of the Travelcards that are given. Why cannot TfL manage to have a calculation on the value? Surely it is possible to have such a calculation?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

No you are not, because I am talking about the democratic issue here which you seem to be avoiding. Londoners also have views on the environment, Mayor, and despite that, 66% of them did not want your Congestion Charge extension, so they can all have their views on the environment as well as you. You are supposed to listen to Londoners, you have not done. Why £73 million when 66% of Londoners do not want the extension?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

One of the ideas I floated to you on many occasions, along with all the trying to make Londoners safer on the roads, is the idea of having police units in each borough dedicated to road safety ' road safety teams. TfL was recently asked by a Conservative colleague ' thank you Roger, (Evans, AM) ' if they would do this and they said they could not do it because the police would have to administer it. That is clearly nonsense because through the TOCU we already have police doing TfL work. Is that something you might reconsider?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

Yes, but only by 10 basis points.

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

The price was too cheap then?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

I want to focus on Resilience. We are all very conscious of the present threats to London and Londoners. I do not want to go down the line of whether your Government's foreign policies are actually making those threats greater or less; I want to stick to our operational responsibilities. Do you think London gets a fair share of national resources for the Resilience effort in the fire service?