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• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Mr Fletcher, as Chief of Staff, what are your responsibilities?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Would you be kind enough to refresh our memories?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

What systems are in place to try to prevent things going out or being said in the Mayor's name that he may completely disagree with?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Are you surprised that the Mayor said, `I often find lots of documents produced here which, if I had had time to go through and amend, would have had a strongly different tone'?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

The Mayor, we know, is an elected politician, and we know where he comes from politically. The Deputy Mayor is elected; we know where she comes from politically. Some of the Mayoral Advisors are described as having political links with various pressure groups, for example Socialist International and Socialist Action. Do you have any links with that?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Thank you, Simon. I want to give you full opportunity to shine because what emerges from the discussion so far, what we've focused on, is the process by which the office functions and the decisions that are taken. What emerges is a very central role for you as filter of lots of advice, controller of the diary, and so forth. That risks having you in the position of a shadowy figure operating in the background without transparency in the public seeing what you're up to. Could you just tell us what is the thing that you're most proud of having...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Okay, so you help set the thing up and those teething troubles were sorted out. You're well paid, Londoners would think, out of their money, to do a job. We're trying to see whether you're doing a good job. What difference do you think you're actually making, you personally, that Londoners perhaps would notice?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Is everything functioning perfectly now? How do you think things should improve in terms of the way the Mayor's office works and your role within it particularly?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Can I stress, the difference is that when the Mayor makes a full delegation of his powers to you, in preference to an elected member of the Authority, he has put you into the situation where it is a legitimate question to ask where politically the person making those decisions is coming from.

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

What we've established so far, Simon, is that although section 38 of the GLA Act gives the Mayor power to delegate his powers either to: (a) the Deputy Mayor; or (b) any other member of staff, he has chosen on four occasions to give a full delegation of his powers to you. Do you ever consult the Deputy Mayor when exercising those power