• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

I'm not at all surprised that the Mayor wishes to turn this around into a positive statement given the huge number of delays there have been to his own timetable for the publication of various strategies. Can I deal with the particular ones that we've referred to - the Children And Young Persons Strategy - which is important because, as with a number of others, so many other things depend on it? Can you tell us when it will be published and why it has been subject to continuing delay?

• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

Given that Graham Tope is your cabinet advisor on human rights and equality, wouldn't it be more constructive if he put some time into the work of drawing up the Cultural Strategy and the Children's Strategy? Wouldn't that be more constructive than sitting here complaining?

• Question by: Trevor Phillips
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

For information, Norman Lebrecht was the art correspondent of The Daily Telegraph for many years. I gather he's now moved to The Standard.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

I think you'll find he's rather well known in the world of art actually.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

I'm wondering whether you would think that that was a fair comment on your approach to a cultural strategy?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

All things are possible.

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

I shall have a very difficult decision to make as to how I use my second vote.

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

So, your slogan for the forthcoming mayoral election is going to be `we've done better than Toronto', is it?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

I can understand your irresistible need to say that, Mr Mayor, but I still don't think it counts as a community engaged, stakeholder engagement programme at all, and I hope you will go back and find out when the real programme is going to be finalised and let us know.

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 September 2002

I see. So, the extent of the stakeholder engagement programme really depends on who you happen to meet on the Tube or the bus, which television programme you happen to be on, and revolves solely and totally around you? That is the extent of the GLA's community engagement programme, is it?