• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I welcome your response that you will publish directions under section 155, but it seems quite critical that you should publicise the priority you are going to give in the initial directions to the Transport for London. Would you confirm that you will present that information to the Assembly in good time prior to July so that we can consider it?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I think we all agree that transport is the critical area on which the success of your term will be judged and also that the Mayoral campaign was massively dominated by the PPP question. May we hear your thoughts on the sort of directions you plan to give to TfL, prior to the 3rd of July I would hope, so it can hit the ground running?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Does the Mayor agree that this is actually part of the Assembly's scrutiny role?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

That was very useful information but it was not actually the answer to the question. The question begins by asking how does the Mayor intend to set the performance indicators and not necessarily what they will be. And whilst I welcome what the Major has said so far, I wonder if he will discuss with the Assembly, some of whose Members probably have considerable experience of setting local performance indicators, how best to get the most meaningful and effective performance indicators for the role of this Authority?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I hope the Mayor, like me, looks forward to us moving into the 21st century and using not only electronic counting, but electronic voting in the not too distant future. But I wonder whether he shares my view that the count being done by electronic means was not far short of a disaster? I wonder what he has in mind regarding the process and the very long delays and uncertainty about when results would be announced? And I wonder therefore, what steps he feels we can take to ensure that that does not discredit electronic counting forever?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

The Mayor will be aware that the Government undertook a very considerable information exercise and concentrated quite a lot on postal and proxy voting and also on the experiment with early voting. Is the Mayor aware that many more voters spoiled their ballot papers in the Assembly election because they did not know how to use them, than actually voted by postal proxy and early voting together, and I wonder whether on reflection he feels that we will be able to do a lot better next time?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Could I ask in respect of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority whether the Mayor has engaged in consultations about individual names with the Fire Brigades Union?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Could I ask the Mayor if it would be helpful for there to be confirmatory hearings by Members of the Assembly to some of the key appointments, particularly in respect of the Board of Transport for London and the Board of the London Development Agency?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

What I really had in mind was the public commitment that you had made to Wembley Stadium and Dagenham and I was concerned that this might prejudice the SRB6 Projects which boroughs have got in at the present time. May I be assured that your announcements will not prejudice any of the boroughs' applications?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I welcome the statement you have made publicly with regard to the costs of housing yourself, your staff and the Assembly, and I wonder if you could elaborate whether you have had any firmer approaches from the owners of the building which is directly across from Westminster which you used to inhabit?