• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

Where there are a few instances, and Kennington is one, where communities are divided in a way which does cause hardship, would you not consider just a small buffer zone?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

I will leave the more intense questioning on that to Sally. Two other issues. One is on Tube overcrowding. It is at fever pitch anyway; the predictions are dire for passenger growth. The PPP isn't going to address it and there is clearly - as 25% of people are no longer using their cars - there is a shift on to the Tube. I just wanted to know how we get the figures monitoring an increase in usage. How can we look at that?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

There are a few points I want to raise. Firstly, it went like a dream, better than anyone's expectations. Here the Liberal Democrats have supported it but it makes you nervous. I don't think we're home and dry yet; I think there will be issues about whether people start using their cars because of the emptiness of the streets but I think the Tories should be quiet on this one if they have any wisdom at all. There are some issues I do want to raise with you. One is that you're right to criticise the media on this -...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

I take it from that then that you will actively co-operate with the Assembly and the boroughs in monitoring and looking at the areas beyond the political argy-bargy, the areas of genuine concern where this might be a problem. If I could focus on two other little areas: the first is one that will be raised by the civil liberties lobby and I think it probably does need to be discussed in a democratic forum. I am pretty authoritarian on this, I don't have any problem at all with reporting number plates, speeding cars, if people are ringing cars then...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

I don't think the Assembly owes you an apology because it's our job to scrutinise and highlight those areas where you might be going off the rails. Having said that, let's not beat about the bush; if this works as well as it has in the past week it will be a glowing tribute to your Mayoralty. I'm not going to hide behind vacuous party slogans and pretend that it won't be. I think that it will be an act of leadership which will be respected and followed elsewhere. Having said that, of course - and you would expect to...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

I think it's a little bit early to apologise and it's probably a little bit early for you to crow about it. Can you tell me what steps are in place - bearing in mind that this seems to be the controversial aspect of the scheme - what steps are in place to make sure that innocent people are not fined and pursued by your organisation?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

I went up to Lancashire to see a road safety project up there which is a council/police project which is running extremely well. They've got a motto in Lancashire saying, "If you speed in Lancashire you will be caught"; it's all based on camera technology. There, their policy is that they follow the non-payers of penalty notices through as far as they possibly can, there is a sort of Terminator-like determination there.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

Have you had any practices of tracking down vehicles who have perhaps already gone twice into the zone?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

You feel you have enough staff to carry this through?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 26 February 2003

Have any of those been caught yet with this system?