• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

`Views' are different to a veto, which is what you said that Bob Kiley had when you spoke to the Budget Committee. Are you now saying that he does not have a veto on your decisions but you would consult him about appointments?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Can the other advisers be present at closed meetings?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

You draw no distinction between the advisory role of the Deputy Mayor, for example, and the role of the other members you have appointed?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

What about advisers to the TfL board? Who are they and what are their roles at the moment? Has the Commissioner had any views on that?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Has he used his veto yet?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

What is your reaction to the reported quotes on the BBC website and in The Times from Dr al-Qaradawi about the victims of the tsunami as being basically Allah's revenge on people that believe in sex tourism and act in that manner?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Ramesh Kallidai, the General Secretary of the Hindu Council of Britain?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

You are now making it clear on the record that you did not refuse to meet this group?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

From the list of people who are referred to in this document and are signatories to it, I would like to refer to one or two that I know personally. Would you regard Venilal Vaghela (Chairman, Hindu Council) as Islamophobic?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Do any of you recall an occasion?