• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

It behoves me being a Merton and Wandsworth Assembly Member that I ask what will happen to Crossrail 2. Within this £400 million borrowing approval is there any chance that some money could be put into a feasibility study for Crossrail 2, or is that just too far in the dim and distant future?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

Is the prudential borrowing permission for the GLA group or for TfL, or is it for the GLA group but intended for use by TfL?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

I am sure that everybody has read the Budget Committee papers. My understanding is that the prudential indicators suggest that TfL has the capacity to fund something over £2 billion of borrowing in total. That is not to suggest that it should go out and borrow that tomorrow. However, under this new regime £400 million is a relatively small amount against that. I suppose where I would be wary, as I am sure the Mayor is too, is for us to start undertaking schemes like the East London Line extensions when there has always been an expectation that that would...

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

The congestion charge is a subject that has been much in the news. Is there anything you would like to update us about concerning that subject?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

To be more positive about your consultation on the Congestion Charge than some people have been, can you confirm that as part of the consultation you would be delighted to hear from people on ideas about how the charge can be made to work better if it is extended into west London?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

I understand that TfL advertised in what is now called the Official Journal of the European Union, (OJEU), rather than European Community, (OJEC), expressing some interest in replacing parts of the contract. Is that simply a warning shot across Capita's bows?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

I was so entranced by your answer that I almost forgot the other part of my question about the submission we are making to this review on the powers of the SRA.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

It interests me that this should be seen as part of a number of decisions that we hope will be made in the interests of London. Mike Tuffrey sounded like `Eeyore" in being so grudging on this. This decision on its own is very helpful to us, but there are a couple of other things that should be considered. One would be the response to the submission we are making on the review of the SRA, and the second is the Transport Spending Review, and thirdly the review of Council Tax with the possibility that the business rates might start...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

There are traffic problems in east London, and given the development pressures there they could grow and grow. Is it fair that east Londoners will not get the benefits of what I agree is a wonderful scheme?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 28 April 2004

So does that mean you are ruling that out specifically?