• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Were you a bit concerned about the inability of TfL's Director of Finance and Performance to answer any questions at the Budget Committee?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

From what you said earlier, do I take it that you regard an increase in the precept requirement of TfL of nearly 3000% as not being an extraordinary increase?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

What is the cost of the pilot scheme?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Can I just enquire on that policing initiative, nothing I assume has been signed yet by way of a service agreement or anything like that?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Beyond buses, what other improvement that's quantifiable can you show to Londoners?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Do you think, following your discussion with the Budget Committee last week that it might be more sensible to have the performance targets for TfL in place before you ask the Assembly to increase the budget rather than after?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

To what extent are these items, under revenue, essentially capital items? Have you thought of capitalising any of the revenue items?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

So, Londoners find themselves between a rock and a hard place really, don't they? What do you think Londoners will think; between you and the Labour Government they're being left with this huge, unknown problem facing all of us, and an Underground that continues to get worse?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

What about borrowing to save an increase on the precept? Is that out of the window or not?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Just one last question. Presumably you will have to meet some expenses. Whether or not you've won a case against the Government, which of your priorities in transport may have to slip in order to find the money to make some of the improvements or at least keep the Tube running as all of us wish you would? Is it your wonderful buses that are going to have to move into second place? There must be something that will have to give in order for TfL to be able to take up its responsibility.