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• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

Would anything in that contract prevent you, for example, from revealing details of discussions between yourself and the Mayor on the reasons for you leaving?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

Do you accept that the overall package is unprecedented in the public sector in this country, in the settlement of your leaving?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

I think the difference may be expressed from our perspective that if it is a private company that is being examined, and the Chief Executive leaves, that is something that is private. However, this is public money. That is why the concern is being expressed as to the full extent of the package that you have enjoyed. From our perspective, one of the things that we would seek to know is this £745,000 bonus payment, which we understand is being paid, is there in addition to that a lump-sum payment to be paid by the 31 March?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 18 January 2006

The other issue is, as part of the contractual negotiation, which would not be unusual, is there a gagging clause that prevents you discussing the full details of the reasons for you leaving or the other effects of the contract?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

You started on the subject of the Jubilee Line and I want to continue with that. What is currently proposed in terms of replacement of the signalling equipment, and are you proposing to take any action against the original suppliers?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

If I can go back to Silverlink for a moment, the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), as was, rejected the proposal of a commuter rail authority. Your priorities, or the benefits you saw were things like greater efficiency, more frequent services, integrating fares using Oyster and better station facilities. If you do get Silverlink Metro, how many of those benefits would we see soon? The Islington stations, for instance, on the North London Line desperately need modernising and to be made safer for passengers. The same can be said at Queens Park Station on the Watford line. You say you are...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Then it seems we can be optimistic. What about the upgrade of the stations in Queens Park on the Watford line and the Islington stations on the North London Line because they are critical in those negotiations? Can you give any assurance on that?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I think it was March 2004 when you launched TfL's bid for a London Regional Rail Authority, which the Liberal Democrats support. If I were to ask you for a progress report on the extent of the negotiations so far with Silverlink - How far has the agenda reached and what discussions are taking place?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

£1.6 million in external legal costs is the cost that has come from the Freedom of Information Act request that the Liberal Democrats put to you. These are the legal costs for fighting the PPP originally. I was shoulder to shoulder with the Mayor and you and we were all against the PPP as being unworkable, but this reference by Roger Evans is the first peep, quite frankly, out of the Mayor towards his now chums in the Labour Party that there is anything amiss. Do you really think it is worth waiting until the end of the year? It...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I think it is so serious when bailiffs arrive that actually if you get letters from people saying, `But I never got the notices' and have business accounts departments that would normally handle them, you really have to do something about the system right now and say that any of these cases are to be an exception and should go to some sort of forum where they are looked at. To have bailiffs arrive is really unacceptable when the fault may be TfL's.