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• Reference: 2013/0019-1
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

When will all Crossrail stations have pavement-to-train step-free access?

• Reference: 2012/0072-1
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

How concerned are you with the recent performance of London Underground?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

I think that is reassuring and I am sure the IOC and Londoners will be reassured by that. In the event that there is a failure, say, on the Jubilee line during the games and you have people at the Olympic Park wanting to get down to the north Greenwich arena, will you allow spectators to travel for free on the cable car as a quick means to travel?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

That was out of LU's control. Have you assured yourself that measures are in place? We have heard about the blue-light team and all the things you told us last week, and Peter and others have told us. How have you assured yourself and the IOC that things are in place and that people will be able to get around?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

I think the last thing any of us want is images being beamed around the world of spectators having to be walked down the tracks and tunnels due to a broken-down train or some signalling problem or whatever, and particularly we have now heard that Jacques Rogge, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, may even occasionally be travelling by the Tube thanks to the pressures from you and others.

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Thanks to the pressure by yourself and others no doubt. Are you concerned that such failures on the Underground at Games time could lead to worldwide embarrassment and what are you personally doing to assure yourself that the system is going to be working as well as it can throughout the Games?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Thinking about evacuation, I am sure you will agree it is important that the extent to which people are educated in advance of the crisis about what is expected of them will help in the management at the time. Looking at the Preparing for Emergencies booklet, which has been mentioned, that has three generic bullet points on this issue, and if you compare that with what is available to New Yorkers, in terms of a very detailed guide, with evacuation there absolutely, all sorts of things, down to what to do with your pets, which I am sure is a...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Let me share your optimism and your confidence ' which I think I do, really ' for what would happen in, say, the first 48 hours, when we deal with the immediate crisis. What I would like to probe is what happens after the first, say, 48 hours, when we really are getting into the recovery period, when it is, perhaps, less of a crisis and more of an emergency. Who is going to be taking charge then? What is the role of the Mayor and the GLA, and what are the roles of the individual London boroughs? Who is...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

I will actually follow the theme to where we have got to. I know that in the event of a major incident, a catastrophic incident, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner is in overall charge of the coordination of the emergency services - at least I believe that is the case. What I would like to know is who is actually in charge after the first few days? Who is going to be in charge giving the message to Londoners in the days and weeks that follow such an emergency? I have to say, what Mr Pilgrim was saying, which is not...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Can I press you a bit further on this, then, Mr Mayer. I paraphrase what you were saying, of course, but the first that happens is that we have a discussion on how major an incident it is, and therefore who takes the lead for it. Then we have, what I am sure will be an interesting discussion between the Minister for London and the Mayor of London as to who gets on the television first, and if it is not a sufficiently important incident, then the director of GOL takes charge of us all. That is not quite what...