• Question by: Lord Duvall of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich OBE
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

Chair, I am not sure if this one of the reversals that I mentioned earlier on but I am not a member of the MPA so I will go with this question. Can you give us an assurance that the MPA will not sacrifice long-term key policy developments under short-term decisions taken by the MPS in their budget making, as in civilianisation of the police force which is quite key in terms of freeing up resources, and any others that may come into being or have already been taken?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

I think part of the problem with the whole issue of road safety is that it is simply not understood how important this issue is if you compare the number of people killed on the roads to the number of people murdered and also the number of people seriously injured on the roads. Is there any way, do you think, that we could increase public knowledge and also police understanding of how important this issue is?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

You know that I am always singing the praise of the Havering Road Safety Unit which is two very dedicated officers. Have you had a chance to actually explore the sort of work that they are doing, the results they are getting on an incredibly small budget?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

I think that your greatest achievement for most Londoners is rather a negative one - the fact that you successfully encouraged your old muckers to bring the transport system to a standstill on several occasions, causing great misery to Londoners and losing London a lot of money on the day. That is one reason why I cannot believe that any candidate, of whatever party, in areas where residents rely on the Underground to get to work will want you to stand on the doorstep with them. I should think you would be more like the kiss of death. I notice...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

I agree with that. What do you intend should be your greatest achievement in the coming year?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

Would you have similar difficulty in choosing your greatest mistake?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

Would you have similar difficulty in choosing your greatest mistake?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

Can you tell me what the cost would have been of this element of the campaign that was miraculously suspended in the course of the general election campaign?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

I will store that piece of information, and simply ask why you put out an advert which asks for responses, apparently, without a telephone number - only an Internet site. Not every Londoner has access to the Internet.

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

The question was about the total planned cost of what your press release describes as "a public information drive" on the future of London Underground. Why only one advert for a public information drive? Why the Evening Standard? And are public funds justifiably used for such an advert?