• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

You have referred to the 1,500 "extra" police officers who are on duty in London. In your statements on this, could you make it clear that these are not extra policemen but policemen who are working during their off days and working overtime and so on? As the crisis intensifies and becomes even more prolonged, those police officers are going to become increasingly tired, and they are therefore likely to be less effective. But what is particularly worrying is that, in the outer London boroughs, where many of these officers would otherwise be serving, there is a fear - unjustified...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

I understand what you say about the bond issue, for example - some of us are more relaxed than the Treasury about that sort of approach - but the value of Railtrack bonds has declined significantly in the light of what has happened. Therefore, will you perhaps be instructing officials at TfL to take soundings within the capital markets in London to see whether these proposals are still viable?

• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

That is very good news. As has been said, there were a lot of people there this year, but perhaps it did not reach out to as many people as it could have done, and many probably were not aware that it was happening. It would be good if we could look at creating a greater impact on people. I am sure - unlike some of those at the opposite end of the table, who are totally wedded to their cars - that it would attract a lot of support.

• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

Going back to co-ordination, I think that Car Free Day this year was on the same day as Open House Weekend. Perhaps you would like to start by making sure that they each know about the other.

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

Going back to co-ordination, I think that Car Free Day this year was on the same day as Open House Weekend. Perhaps you would like to start by making sure that they each know about the other.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

John Biggs: Clearly, if the consensus - The Chair: You should not have said that, Ken: he was going to stop. John Biggs: I am about to stop. We need to have a lengthy debate about the budget later in the year, but if the consensus includes options which have an effect on the council tax that Londoners pay, that is another factor, isn't it? I want to be clear about whether you are prioritising, if you like, the backbone of sustainable transport in London, or if you are trying to erect monuments to yourself or to London government funded...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

You are saying, then, that the budget is inaccurate on that

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

What are the objectives of Car Free Day - in your opinion?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

To come back briefly to Tower Bridge, did you notice the enthusiastic applause you got during your speech when you mentioned your plans for the congestion charge? Is that the sort of enthusiastic response you expect from Londoners when the scheme is finally announced?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2001

Jenny Jones: This was a much simpler system. The Mayor: Well, let's have it. Jenny Jones: I am concerned that TfL will be much more concerned about big-budget projects than small-scale ones. I know that, on the North Circular, you opted for smaller schemes, which I very much support, but TfL may not be following this through. Are you keeping on at them about that?