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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

If I could dwell on examples, there has been some press speculation about the quota of business-class or first-class transatlantic flights that are afforded to you. There has been speculation about the catering bills; some cuttings from the Evening Standard suggest you are fed to a far higher standard than humble Assembly Members, for example. There has been other stuff like that, and I suppose it may be viewed as nosiness but I guess there is an aspect of public interest as to what perks there are around your employment and whether there is a transparency and understanding about those.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

You had a new roof, but obviously that has to be fixed. Nevertheless, £108,000 for external maintenance seems a huge sum even if you had a new roof and had it painted twice.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

During the time that you have been resident at the house, there have been various expenditures on it. I believe the total, if my information is correct, comes to just over £138,000. Some of that has been external work and some of that has been internal work, but that does seem to be an inordinately large sum considering that when the house was purchased it was described as being restored and modernised to an exceptionally high standard.

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I chair the Assembly's Budget Committee and I was quite taken aback by a comment made by the Mayor at the December Budget Committee that an undertaking was given to you when you were appointed that you would have the right of veto over the appointment of board members. My first question is to ask whether or not that statement was accurate. Furthermore, it also strikes me a bit odd to put you in a position as chief executive, where you could turn around to a board member and say, `Well I am pretty tired of this criticism you are...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Does that mean the veto does not exist?

• Reference: 2005/0120-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

How are negotiations for a road improvement scheme and urban green space for Purley Cross progressing?

• Reference: 2005/0121-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

When will Purley get its trams (back)?

• Reference: 2005/0123-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What are the economics of extending the Tram down to Purley, especially in the context of a fairly good train service from Croydon to Purley?

• Reference: 2005/0124-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Rather than going down the Brighton Road to Purley, would a tram via Purley Way from Croydon to Purley open up more rejuvenation opportunities for jobs in Purley Way and for the less privileged communities of Waddon and Roundshaw, as well as providing new public transport opportunities?

• Reference: 2005/0125-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What prospects are there for the TOCU bus route police extending their policing corridors on buses to provide high visibility policing on West Croydon station where have been numerous incidents?