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• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

I'm trying to find out what powers you actually have when the Mayor is away. Supposing there was a 11 September situation, for example a plane crashed into the House of Commons, the Mayor was in Australia, all flights were postponed, as they were after 11 September, and there's you, in London, in charge. What actions could you take in such a situation?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

I was not suggesting anything like that. I was asking you what real decisions you would make. Despite the marvels of modern communication, it seems unlikely that it would be possible to communicate, even with your literary skills, precisely what was happening here in London to the Mayor, and the chances are therefore that you would have to make some decisions on your own. What kind of decisions would they be? Indeed, what decisions have you made on your own?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

So you would accept that you could not reassure Londoners, despite the fact that you are the anointed one, that the Mayor has laid his hands upon you and that he has given you full powers?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Would you write her speeches in those circumstances?

• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

In your opening statement when you set out your responsibilities you said that you have some responsibility for ensuring consistency between the different policies that the Mayor adopts and in ironing out any problems about that consistency. Does that include problems about potential inconsistencies between the draft London Plan and the environmental strategies?

• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Would you accept that it is important that the policies in the environment strategies which have planning implications get fully reflected in the draft London Plan? Do you think that's important?

• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

To approach it in a different way, are you satisfied that adequate arrangements exist to ensure there's consistency between the environmental strategies and the draft London Plan? Do you think the organisation is set up to achieve that properly?

• Question by: Victor Anderson
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Are you satisfied that there are proper arrangements to ensure that the main targets about traffic in the Transport Strategy get fully reflected in the draft London Plan? Do you think the organisation is geared up to make that link properly?