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• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Mr Mayor, you gave a commitment to make London 2012, the London Games, the most accessible Games ever. If you are serious about this pledge, why are the temporary manual boarding ramps being introduced to 16 stations only temporary, given that you are talking about leaving a permanent legacy for the Olympic Games, which you said will be the most accessible ever?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

I know one of the concerns that many of us have in this Chamber, including myself, is the overcrowding and the relatively poor service some commuters get on Overground services into or through London. We know that TfL has suggested that they would like to bid for franchises that may be coming up in the future. The next one up is Thames Link Southern franchise, which actually incorporates the Great Northern, which runs through my constituency. Can I ask, is TfL considering bidding for that franchise?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Could I ask, would that greater control be running the franchises themselves or having a partnership where you set the franchise terms?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

It has been improved for motorists, there is no doubt it is a lot easier if you are a driver, but I have been there with the cyclists and I can see exactly what the problem is, they have been overlooked, and I would urge you to go back and have a look with me and the cyclists to see that. The key point here is the cyclists have become very concerned about your approach as expressed in your exchanges at the last Mayor's Question Time in May, so will you make it clear, will you apologise to those cyclists...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Mr Mayor, I am encouraged to hear that. What will you do if the employers do not respond positively to the suggestions that have been made, as the clock counts down to the Olympics?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Yes, whether that would be feasible. Also, is it sufficient that only about 21% of stations are fully accessible for games, which you said would provide the most accessible games in the history of the Olympics?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Mr Mayor, it is interesting that in the central London context there is an alliance of local authorities across the political spectrum from the City of Westminster to Camden to the City of London which actually thinks more radical measures have to be taken, like dropping the age of vehicles from 15 to 10.

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Well, I mean, you ask people who use it, the local hospital patients or other users of that station, they will not accept your description that their station is by any means practically and in real terms accessible. The question is that station, as well as Harrow on the Hill, whatever the cost is, the fact is, if you are serious about regeneration, if you are serious about making those stations accessible, then you have to give us a programme as to when we can expect something being done. We cannot have this indefinite situation where there is absolutely no...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

I think most Londoners would think that, five weeks away from the Olympics, it is ridiculous that the bus drivers cannot even get the employers to discuss their claim. Mr Mayor, what are you doing to bring both sides together to have this discussion?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Have you picked up the phone to any of the employers to actually ask them to get on with some sensible negotiation?