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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: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Therefore you are actually putting it up to help fill a deficit. ... To balance the books. As the penalty revenue falls you are predicting a deficit.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Staying on the subject of revenue from Congestion Charging - is not the problem for TfL that they foresee a huge drop in the amount of revenue from Congestion Charging as people learn to manoeuvre themselves through the rather Byzantine payment system, whereby you will be getting less penalty money? Is not the whole point of jacking it up from £5 to £8 actually to make a start on filling the deficit that TfL has actually prophesied itself?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What about the public inquiry the ALG has called for, a cross-party call to you?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Can I ask about one other aspect? Recently, there was a call from the Association of London Government (ALG), a cross-party call, for a pause in this whole rolling out of the Congestion Charge westwards, and to allow for a public inquiry to take place, not least because we understand, and you yourself went on record to say that some very interesting trial work was being done on tag and beacon. Would it not be better to pause before you put all these cameras in and have a public inquiry to look at where we are on this whole issue?

• Reference: 2005/0140-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

In your view how successful has the PPP been since its inception, has it delivered value for money, and how do you see the way forward? ... Following on from that I have a simple question. If PPP is deemed not to be worth it, what alternative is there? Is there a viable alternative?

• Reference: 2005/0092-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

On the Transport for London website, there is no obvious link to information on the Congestion Charge. The information can only be accessed by clicking the 'Travel Information' link, and then Congestion Charging appears in the sub-menu. Given the importance of this to so many people, would it not be better to have a more immediately visible direct link on the Transport for London Home Page, and can the Mayor put pressure on TfL to rectify this?

• Reference: 2005/0093-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

The No. 24 buses are regularly arriving at Pimlico in pairs, and also leaving the Grosvenor Road terminal at very irregular intervals, often only a minute or two apart, followed by a long gap. The reason for this, as explained by a driver, is that there is no control to ensure a regular service, and drivers arriving late at the terminal start the return journey at once to try to stick to the schedule, even if another bus has just left or is about to depart. This is obviously not meeting the Mayor's objective of a quality service. Can anything...