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

In light of the Mayor's sometimes late attendance at meetings and given the rumours that he has been hurtling around London in the backs of police vans in order to get to meetings, does he consider it is likely he will be reviewing his decision not to have a Mayoral car?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I think I should follow that up if only because the Mayor made a commitment during his election campaign to help restore fire services which had been cut by the Government. May I receive a reassurance from him that that is still his stance and that he will use his influence to work with me to approach Valerie Shawcross to make sure we get our fire engines back in Hornchurch?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I think there is an important principle being established here which will concern other people on the Assembly as well, and that is that if you have made a manifesto commitment I think you somehow have to direct the people who are running those services, to help to deliver that commitment. I am quite happy to work with Valerie on this in the first instance. We have worked together before on other things, but if there is a problem, may I be assured that I may come to you with the difficulty and maybe you will use your good offices...

• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Will you ensure that, when you do get this information from John Prescott, you will fully take it into account in drawing up the strategies, especially the economic development strategy and in particular the UK's obligations under the climate change convention to cut carbon dioxide omissions?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Can you give me some idea about whether it will be in your first term, that the first network will be completed?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I hear that the London Cycling Campaign has offered you a free bike, Are you going to take that up or do you think it is a bribe?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Do you not think there is also a case for a wider code of conduct in the way that we deal with commercial interests generally, for example, there may be an issue around secondments, where commercial bodies may second people to the GLA and that could in effect be lobbying in all but name if we do not have clear guidelines?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

Bearing in mind our over-arching responsibility to look at Londoners' health, do you think it would be appropriate for us to take part in consultation with boroughs about the placement of these telecommunication masts a good distance away from public buildings and from residential areas?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I think it is indeed important that we have ambitious plans in terms of recycling for London, particularly bearing in mind that we are told that the means of disposing of much of our rubbish into the Home Counties will run out by the year 2010. But would you agree with me that it is not appropriate to sacrifice good public health by reducing the rate at which household collection of perishable rubbish is taken in Sutton, for the sake of improving recycling?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 24 May 2000

I appreciate that you have a mandate, having been elected, but also there was an Assembly election on the same day when the Conservatives were elected on the basis that they were opposed to congestion charges. It says on the front of the London manifesto, `no congestion charges', so there must be some confusion as to whether, indeed, there is an overall mandate from the election and indeed whether it was a conclusive result, because it would appear the two main parties ran under the slogan of `no congestion charges'. I appreciate that there is a change of nuance since...