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• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, just ten weeks ago, in answer to a Mayoral question (MQ), you stated, “The Elizabeth line remains on course to open as planned in December 2018”. The Commissioner, in the TfL Board report of 25 July [2018] stated, “Crossrail remains on course to open as planned in December”. Sir Terry, on 6 June, when the Transport Committee visited Tottenham Court Road with you, you gave me an absolute assurance that the opening of Crossrail would be in December. You even confirmed the date, Sunday, 9 December when the Queen would be opening...

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Florence Eshalomi AM: Thank you. To come back to Crossrail, on this side [of the table] we definitely recognise the scale of this project but once completed it will be a big success for London. I am definitely looking forward to when it opens. You may be aware of Rob Holden’s [CBE, Chairman, High Speed 1] letter last week in The Times where he stated, “The problems with Crossrail arose from the decision taken in 2011 to delay the procurement of new rolling stock, a decision that has affected the commissioning of those new trains ... signalling was always going...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chairman. I want to ask about the experience of the passengers who are waiting to use this line but before I get on to those questions I want to pick up on something that Sir Terry said at the very beginning. You said, “We mitigated one risk and others materialised”. I wonder if you could expand on that a bit more, whether that is what has caused this decision about the delay.

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chairman. Good morning, Sir Terry. I am trying to get some dates straight in my head. You mentioned a Board meeting in July [2018] where it was raised that there could be problems. Could you tell me the date of that meeting in July, please?

• Reference: 2010/0202-1
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

Are you satisfied that the transport infrastructure will cope during the Olympic and Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2010/0203-1
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

What are the ODA and LOCOG doing to ensure that the Olympics provide a lasting legacy for London beyond the host boroughs?

• Reference: 2010/0204-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

What new efforts are you making to ensure a sustainable Games in the light of the recommendations in the Assembly's "Going for Green" report?

• Reference: 2010/0205-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

What are your greatest risks?

• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

You have pretty much said that most Londoners and people from Britain are quite tolerant of changing circumstances. The weather in the last couple of weeks --

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

Can I press you a bit harder on the document Keep on Running and your advice in it to businesses to reduce non essential journeys and avoid travel where possible. Is there, lurking behind this warning, a real worry in your minds that, despite all the Tube upgrades and all the other measures that have been put in place and the forward planning, the transport infrastructure really is creaking and possibly will not be able to cope?