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• Reference: 2005/0090-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What plans does Tfl have for the roll out of Chip and Pin systems at all its payment facilities?

• Reference: 2003/0194
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

What consultation processes with local affected residents does Tfl implement when it is sitting new bus stops or new bus routes? .

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I never thought I was going to be completely gob smacked by an answer from you relating to a simple matter of bus stops, but that simple matter has produced the very big statement that you would not like to see consultation get in the way of progress. It is an absolutely extraordinary thing to say considering the service oriented provision that you make.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

So the residents of suburban London who effectively have new routes foisted on them " I draw your attention to the routes 419 and 485 in Barnes, where I have been in constant communication with TfL since before your appointment. The residents in quiet suburban streets are having very large double?decker buses and very long single?decker buses going up and down their quiet streets without anybody being consulted on it. I am told there is not a wing mirror which is safe in some of these streets, because of these buses. The argument which is provided by your TfL spokesman...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

So you are not going to do anything about it.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

I'm trying to find out what powers you actually have when the Mayor is away. Supposing there was a 11 September situation, for example a plane crashed into the House of Commons, the Mayor was in Australia, all flights were postponed, as they were after 11 September, and there's you, in London, in charge. What actions could you take in such a situation?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

I was not suggesting anything like that. I was asking you what real decisions you would make. Despite the marvels of modern communication, it seems unlikely that it would be possible to communicate, even with your literary skills, precisely what was happening here in London to the Mayor, and the chances are therefore that you would have to make some decisions on your own. What kind of decisions would they be? Indeed, what decisions have you made on your own?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

So you would accept that you could not reassure Londoners, despite the fact that you are the anointed one, that the Mayor has laid his hands upon you and that he has given you full powers?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Would you write her speeches in those circumstances?