• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

Much to be done. On the housing issue - assuming the extra 50,000 nurses aren't all going to want their own homes, which would take up the Mayor's entire plan for affordable housing, what are you doing? Are you actually measuring the success regarding how many key workers from health go into the new housing that's theoretically coming on stream? How are you going to judge whether it's a success?

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

But you are part of the history now. You've been doing it two years. The purpose of this question is to see how you are structuring TfL to challenge the bureaucracy which you've already identified as a key problem.

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

But you see, I think the average Londoner is more interested with the daily grind of travelling around London than with issues such as the traffic lights we debated earlier and they want to know that there is a body responsible for Transport for London which is clear and decisive and knows what's going on. Now, I read assiduously the reports of the TfL Board - and very exciting they are too - but it doesn't have that level of command. You've already indicated to us today that you're too busy to really provide the leadership as Chair. Where is...

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

You sacked your main dissident last year. Ken Livingstone: He was the person that voted against the budget. John Biggs: But as I understand it, the purpose of a Board is to deliberate and to debate and to conclude after a proper thoughtful discussion on the priorities and programme for Transport for London. I see no evidence that the Transport for London Board does that on a regular basis. Even though it is full of very well qualified people, the fundamental flaw seems to be that it does not give guidance, it does not challenge - this goes back to...

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

You sacked your main dissident last year. Ken Livingstone: He was the person that voted against the budget. John Biggs: But as I understand it, the purpose of a Board is to deliberate and to debate and to conclude after a proper thoughtful discussion on the priorities and programme for Transport for London. I see no evidence that the Transport for London Board does that on a regular basis. Even though it is full of very well qualified people, the fundamental flaw seems to be that it does not give guidance, it does not challenge - this goes back to...

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

Well, that's not quite the case as I understand it. E. Noël Harwerth was appointed some time before then and indeed her details were on the website list of TfL Board members, but Bob's had not yet been put on there, which makes me think that you're being economical with the truth again. But I don't want to get into an argument with you about that detail, because the important point here is that you've got a Board here which has four trade union representatives who represent the interests of the workers effectively or otherwise. You have increased business partnership...

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

As I understand, when you first constituted your board, Dave Wetzel was your active deputy head and he was paid for three days a week. He had an office with his own staff and when Bob Kiley came in he took away those privileges that Dave had and Dave no longer has that executive role. I would argue you created a vacuum by investing in Bob Kiley such super human strength. You've made yourself incapable of challenging the problems that are developing within Transport for London in terms of its bureaucracy, its unaccountability and its inability to communicate with Londoners...

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

Of course, your most recent appointment, Mr Mayor, was of Bob Crowe. Do you agree with his view that one strike is worth ten elections and does that represent the philosophy that Transport for London will be following in future?

• Question by: Eric Ollerenshaw
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

Can I just go back to where you commented about Westminster and your negotiations with all political persuasions in terms of authorities. You say there's actually a decent relationship out there with Tory boroughs, Labour boroughs, Liberal and hung boroughs, in terms of attempting to meet the London Plan targets?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 11 December 2002

Don't worry, I won't quote you or misquote you. Obviously with new housing comes a requirement for infrastructure - hospitals, fire stations, police station, ambulance stations, schools - how successful have you been in convincing the Government of the need for these additional capital projects?