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

I would not have described your staff or colleagues as your `creatures', Mr Mayor, but I might do so in the future. I do understand that you and your office could not function unless you understood one another's minds very well and that those who support you do understand your mind and your objectives. I am sure that you want to have suggestions from them, and perhaps occasionally you do not think their ideas are going in the right direction. When did you last veto a project which came from your staff, and what was it? Has that ever happened?

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

I am not going to pursue it any more. So you would not have a problem making it available to the Assembly?

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

Can it be made available to the Assembly?

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

In writing?

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

Is that a formal delegation?

• 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.

• 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.

• 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?

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

People know where you come from in terms of your career.

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

You know that nobody is talking about people's private lives.