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• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

This will be a question but, Lord Rogers, can I quote a poem of John Betjeman to you, only one little line? "Cathedrals will be turned into area cultural centres, lectures on civic duty will be given" - well Brian has tried to give you one - "however, "So don't encourage tourists, stay your hand until we have really got the country planned" So let us put London in there. What I want to ask you is, who do you think Londoners can trust most on aesthetic matters? Poet laureate, a planner or an architect? And I am asking this...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

What about the issue between planners and architects on aesthetic values?

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Do you not also agree, perhaps you do not agree, but in developing certain policies, let's say for argument sake that you helped to develop a policy on high buildings for the Mayor, that that could help your partnership which has a reputation in that direction to capture some of the market? You would benefit by having both been a Mayoral advisor and having that kudos, and by helping to develop policies in that area. Is it really as simple as you are making out, that there is a cut off point at which you have to take out your...

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

If I were a developer I would be thinking, "Right, well the Mayor has appointed a man who quite likes the idea of building some high buildings in his private practice - the Mayor presumably would not have appointed you if you were completely against high buildings - if I were to appoint the Richard Rogers Partnership to be on my side for a planning application then I am quite likely to get the Mayor to agree". It is this sort of level of links that worry me and other members of the Assembly in terms of conflict of interest.

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Did you go through a competitive tender for the appointment to the position?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

I hope you are going to be perhaps a little bit more involved in the London Plan in the future. One thing that concerns me and perhaps other members about the London Plan is this: you clearly have not been consulted by the Mayor on the basic underlying assumptions behind the Plan.