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

Will you intervene as chair of TfL, a 50% stakeholder in Crossrail, to look at alternative solutions and properly consider the full impact on residential neighbourhoods, and also the impact on the ethnic minorities in the area?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 July 2004

They are that good are they?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 July 2004

It sounds like Lord Whitty is doing what the Government always does and is starting us off on a project by giving us some money but then leaving yourself, which means Londoners, with a bill for the rest of it. Whilst I accept that this has to be done, I would say that this is a responsibility the Government should continue to pay for. Could you tell us more about the other form of funding that you say you are seeking and how much that would cost Londoners in coming years?

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

Given how essential this is in terms of your LEZ (Low Emissions Zone) plans do you have promises from Ministers that the Energy Savings Trust will get more money in the next two years to make this happen?

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

Does it worry you that the Energy Savings Trust has run out of money for conversions in the last two financial years and that last year they ran short four months before the end of the year?

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

Could it scupper your whole LEZ plans for this term if that money is not forthcoming from the Energy Savings Trust?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 July 2004

I would like to return to the wording of this question. In fact, in particular to quote from a letter I had from a London black cab driver. He says `Personally, I would not like to see the turning circle dropped, as I believe this is one vital part of the vehicle I could not do without. This would open up the floodgates to all these other conversion-style cabs and the one remaining purpose-built cab would go out of business, thus leaving us with nothing but European-build, van-type conversions only. Yuck! Another very important aspect is the recognition of these...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 15 July 2004

But you would not say you are supporting a net loss of social housing?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 July 2004

Can I agree with the Mayor and against the thrust of what Val Shawcross (Assembly Member) is saying, and say that you have to decide these things on a site-by-site basis according to the package of advantage. Would you agree that it is regrettable that a national agency, English Partnerships, comes into a borough and spends this sort of money without fully consulting the council? Do you draw from that, as I do, that we still do not have the balance right in terms of devolving responsibility for regeneration down to the LDA so that the LDA is very much...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 15 July 2004

The rumour actually came from within this building. I discovered that the site has been bought by English Partnerships, which generates another question about co-ordination and accountability. This is a really huge regeneration project of importance not only to Southwark but also to the whole of South London and its success will depend on a commitment from the GLA, TfL, and the LDA to upgrading and installing transport infrastructure. What commitment can you now give to this project because it seems to be moving forward in a way that looks quite hopeful for the future and it needs a GLA...