• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Thank you very much for that. I was deeply sorry to hear you repeat in your answer two questions ago to say that those people who will persist with CPOs will be politically motivated. I have no idea what `politically motivated' means in this context, and I would very much like an explanation from you on that. In relation to your brief and succinct answer to the principal question, does that mean that if the ODA come forward with a plan, a proposal ' and you have told us how much you are going to be supportive of the ODA...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

London is already planning to take a bigger share of new developments on the basis that it does have brownfield sites. It seems to me that in the interests of interdependency in the relationship that London has with its region it is very important that you do make those representations. Otherwise we are going to have the lobby again to build on our Green Belt and I just want to know exactly what your views would be on that.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

In late 2003 you published a table and circulated it at a Question Time meeting giving us details of the amount of activity that TOCU had undertaken in each of the boroughs by percentage. This was an extremely useful tool for telling us how much activity we had had in our own areas. Will you undertake to produce that table again, updated for the current position?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

Thank you for that. TfL and GLA officers were talking with officers from the NHS in terms of Safer Travel at Night for staff from hospital sites to the nearest transport hub or their bus stop since that is a really dangerous area. Are there any developments in this area and if you do not have it, could I have that in writing?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

The developments to date on this important subject are most welcome. Can I just say to the Chair, the ability to raise questions sent to us through our mailbag or to us directly is important because the touting for hire issue was raised by me with the Mayor. At that time, people were not aware that touting was not a recordable offence. I think that sometimes we have to pull back and hold on to those successes that we are achieving from bringing the concerns of Londoners here and obtaining a response from the Mayor. I will ask my question...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

Do you regard the Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) who have tabled an Early Day Motion calling on you to apologise as a joke, or will you accept their advice and apologise to the Jewish community?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

I do not know why it is you are being so obstinate and obdurate about this. It is entirely out of character. Nor do I know why the party you came out of just spent £4,000 out of public funds providing a party for Chris Smith (MP). Can I ask you to give me some advice on how I should respond to an email I received from a teacher yesterday who told me that a Jewish child had been victimised in the playground by another child who had suggested that he was a Nazi? The child who was chastised for...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

I was merely quoting the advice given to you by the leader of your own party to apologise and move on. I was hoping perhaps you might be man enough to take that. You have indicated that you did not intend to cause offence. Accepting that, will you therefore say that you regret using the words that you did?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

It is a final attempt just to get you to accept that if you had caused offence, albeit inadvertently, whatever your views about the Daily Mail Group are, you are not prepared to just be man enough to apologise to the Jewish people in London who have been offended, whatever your intentions.

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

Do you have any expression of regret to make?