• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 16 July 2002

You seem to be getting in a little bit of a muddle there, Mr Mayor. Hillingdon Council is not in favour of congestion charges; I do know three members of the Labour Party are. However, I find it extraordinary that, after all of these years on the discussion of a fourth runway at Heathrow - there are actually three already - you have not yet formed a view. Indeed, John McDonnell, late adviser to yourself, is the local MP and had his meeting on the day before the announcement was actually made, making his position perfectly clear that the destruction...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 July 2002

It is expensive to do that.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 July 2002

And its purpose?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 July 2002

You talked with enthusiasm about introducing a congestion charge for Heathrow. Could you tell us if you have made any progress on that project and what the purpose of the project is?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 16 July 2002

Do you think there is a position to be stronger with the airports in question?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 June 2002

Well, I don't want to repeat a lot of the points that have been made, but I would ask that you avail yourself of a copy of the debate that we had at the Assembly last week on this very issue where I think you'll find there is a clear majority view that says that East London does need some investment in its road capacity if it's going to regenerate. I just make two points, one which came up in that debate and another. The first is that the Whitelegg Report is just one of several reports and, although it's...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 19 June 2002

I'm really seeking an assurance that, if the crossings go ahead, you'll give priority to public transport, to cycling and to walking. The Silvertown crossing you've just now moved further into the distance but, if that one were to go ahead, wouldn't it be an ideal opportunity to link up your two new busway schemes - the Greenwich Waterfront Scheme and the East London transit scheme - with a new link that went from South Greenwich using the bridge through Silvertown across East London? Will you now give an agreement to consider that as an option for a very good...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 19 June 2002

Whilst I'm sure that residents will be pleased to hear that you have no immediate plans to place a toll, they will be alarmed by another part of your answer which suggested congestion charges be extended to the Blackwall Tunnel. What representations have you had from local residents and bodies affecting the area that they would actually want that to happen?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 19 June 2002

Your support for the river crossings is welcome, Mr Mayor, but will you give an undertaking to East Londoners that you will not introduce tolls on the Blackwall Tunnel?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 June 2002

Whilst I accept that you, as Mayor, would never sanction an annex to the road through Oxleas - I take your guarantees at face value - however there is a very strong case to say that it will create such a bottleneck that it will become irresistible for a future mayor to then want to extend the road through Oxleas Wood. Would you feel at all guilty if you were sat in your retirement cottage in Brighton in 20 years time and you saw that your road scheme has actually resulted in a road being extended through Oxleas Wood and...