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Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [25]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
Who draws up the articles? Who looks at the whole content of The Londoner? The Mayor told us he does not do that.

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [24]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
That is a very interesting example of transparency. Finally, I could not get an answer last time, but since Mr O'Neill is here, who is responsible for the editorial comment of The Londoner? You were not able to answer it last time, Mr Mayor.

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [23]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
Is it not appropriate that there should be transparency about the members of your administration on that same front?

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [22]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
People know where you come from in terms of your career.

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [21]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
You know that nobody is talking about people's private lives.

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [20]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
Surely Londoners are entitled to know who your team is?

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [19]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
You also indicated that they have the authority to act on your behalf and push your policies forward.

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [18]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
Nobody is interested in people's private lives; what we are asking is a question of transparency and accountability. If people are being paid significant salaries and taking very important decisions on your behalf, is there any problem in having just their CVs being made available to Londoners?

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [17]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
I think it is a different issue because you often draw a comparison with what happens in New York. I suspect the Mayor's (Michael Bloomberg) deputies and his advisers ' the Peter Powers (former First Deputy Mayor, New York City) and others of this world ' are high-profile and well-known figures and we know where they came from. How do we know where your advisers come from?

Accountability of the Mayor's Advisors (Supplementary) [16]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 12 January 2005
Would you be prepared to make public the CVs of all the officers that you have appointed under section 67 of the Act?
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