• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Have you discussed with Mr Kiley the possibility that, were the Government in the end to proceed with PPP rather than the bonds that you prefer, he would be able to work with those PPP plans, despite the fact that he has made it fairly clear that he would prefer to do what he did in New York with a bond issue?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Given the tenor of the whole of today's meeting, can you assure us that membership of this Assembly will not drive us to hard drink?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Is it not the case, however, that you, and conceivably Members of the Assembly and the Advisory Cabinet, are taking or influencing major decisions on the future of London? Would it not be in the interests of Londoners that we could all demonstrate that we are doing so unimpaired by the effects of hard drugs and other substances?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

This question arose from a visit I paid to pensioners in London a couple of weeks ago. They told me that, in their experience, old people are often seen as helpless victims of crime, and almost as victims of circumstance. What steps do you think we can take to change that perception?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

The second part of Roger Evans's question is about taking account of the needs of older Londoners in each of your strategies. I have just seen a survey which accords with my prejudices, or certainly with my information from around London. It shows that pensioners are more concerned about the depredations of cyclists on pavements than about street crime. What measures will be contained in your transport strategy to stop the totalitarians on two wheels from interfering with pedestrians, particularly elderly people?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

In view of your difficulties with younger people, can you remember whether you ever found anyone older than yourself to represent older people in your Cabinet?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Can I also add that we ought to be assessing these projects from the point of view of every purpose that the GLA has, which includes regeneration? That ought to be a dimension which is looked at " its impact on the local community, my constituency. [Laughter.]

• Question by: Trevor Phillips
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Would colleagues agree that the smart thing to do would be to table a full Assembly discussion on this when we have a report from both Budget and Environment Committees, who are taking the inquiry lead on this? I am thinking of some time like February, which would still give us enough time to warn the Mayor. Would that be acceptable to everybody?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Yes it is.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 15 November 2000

Given that you are apparently the only enthusiast for this unsuitable and inaccessible - [Cries of "No.".] Given that you and your friends on the Labour side are the only enthusiasts for this building, and since you have repeatedly told us of your ambition for a second term, and conceivably a third, or indeed Mayor for life, isn't the real reason why you want this building so that it can be a memorial to the Livingstone years?