• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

The Government put in 50%. We have had less than £200,000 to pay for social services and everything else.

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

The Deputy Prime Minister has stopped this funding. Wandsworth is considering whether the amount of money they put into the warden scheme would be better used by employing PCSOs. Of course, at the present time, as you have stated yourself, just over half of London have had their dedicated teams, and so the fact is that the MPS cannot offer any more PCSOs at this time because they cannot recruit them or train them in time to replace the wardens. It is the Deputy Prime Minister's fault; he should have thought it through much more seriously.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I would assume then that your instinct would be to condemn any such action by boroughs unless it took place within a thoughtful and consensual, shall we say, policy framework supporting the interest of their residents and the rest of London.

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

An old foe of yours, Bromley Council, is refusing to install more speed cameras on the basis that they penalise motorists. Are they putting politics before saving lives?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Some boroughs in London want to roll out 20mph schemes borough-wide, including where I live in Southwark. Is that something that you would encourage TfL to fund?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I welcome TfL's commissioning of research, especially the area they looked at in terms of the disproportionate number of black and minority ethnic children who are killed or injured on the road. I know of this from a personal basis, coming out of North London. Can you update me on actions being taken as a result of the Child Pedestrian Casualty Rates Report, which came out last year, and if you cannot speak about that I will have it in writing. Can I have your views on this because it seems to me that what is happening is that the...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Do you not think it would be good practice not to have a situation where you have provided to the Chief Executive a theoretical veto over Board members? Do you think it would be worthwhile following the Combined Code for good corporate governance on these appointments?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

On the low pay point, could I invite you to answer Joanne's (McCartney) first question which was about what we can expect from central Government in relation to the minimum wage?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Finally, in terms of the London Development Agency's (LDA) role and its support for regeneration projects, is it going to be written into the LDA's role?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Another development since your written report (See Item 3) was that Mr Kiley told us this morning that he could not really recall the veto that he has over Board appointments for TfL. I was surprised when you told us at the Budget Committee in December that such a veto exists. Could you clarify the situation there? Do you not feel there ought to be an adherence to the Combined Code on good corporate governance at TfL in terms of proposing appointments to the Board for you to consider as Mayor under your powers under the Act?