• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Well, I thought that Imperial College had already provided a report which did not give you the news you wanted. Anyway, let me set aside my own cynicism about your consultation, because it is obviously probably the only opportunity that people have actually to express anything in that they do not want your extension or your £8. Can I suggest, however, that for brevity, simplicity, and some clarity, why do you not lump the two consultations, the forthcoming consultations, together, because whether you like it or not, the £8 is now inextricably bound up with the extension debate. The two...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Yes, and they do, and then you say it is rubbish.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Certainly not with you.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

It is amazing how you can always tell everybody else that they are talking rubbish, then, is it not?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Given that you advocate that the private sector should waive commercial confidentiality to show you the figures, will you direct Capita to do the same and waive their commercial confidentiality, which you have always invoked to withhold details of the contract?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What sort of modelling did you do to get to the £8 figure? Will it be high enough to make a significant impact in terms of traffic reduction?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

You have no problem with revealing the figures? You have no problem with that material being revealed to us?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Will you support any application that might be made, any legal proceedings?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

I will wait until later today. If Lynne Featherstone were here she would be asking you whether the extra revenue would be invested on developing global positioning satellite technology.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How does the proposed new Congestion Charge compare with parking charges in the West End?