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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Mr Mayor, are you satisfied and happy that this design is buildable? Zaha Hadid has produced these wonderful looking things but she has only had one building actually built and that was in the States. I am concerned that it might look wonderful on paper but is it practical to build it?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

It is market. Whatever businesses are viable in particular locations are going to be viable and if you not have that then you are subsidising businesses which would not otherwise survive.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

In the Contract Journal there was something that caught my eye on 26 September; a comment like this, 'TfL are determined to frighten off other bidders. You may get a couple of financial bidders but will they be able to attract any contractors to do the work with such a hostile client in the mix?', the hostile client being TfL.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Is TfL really trying to deter anybody else from bidding? Obviously your intention is to take those contracts back in-house. In a sense it is like a re-nationalisation. You are going to take them back into public ownership. You are determined to do that. Initial soundings from the Arbiter would suggest that there is some value in those contracts and that other people might be prepared to bid for them. I think you seem to be quite determined to deter those people from bidding.

• Reference: 2007/2491
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

Your proposal to remove alternatively fuelled vehicles from their current exemption from Congestion charging will mean that businesses that invested in these cars may not recoup the cost of their investment. There is surely little point in business responding to an incentive if it is to be threatened in this way? The Impact Assessment makes no attempt to quantify this loss to London businesses. The impact on manufacturers of alternative-fuelled cars, on LPG converters and on the 26 LPG access points in Greater London is acknowledged but conveniently left unquantified. Before taking this proposal any further, can the Mayor please...

• Reference: 2007/2495
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

How does the Mayor respond to allegations that efforts are being made to deter private contractors from bidding for the contracts for which he is seeking bidders?

• Reference: 2007/2488
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

How many people will be travelling with you on your planned visit to India in November? Can you give a full breakdown of their respective roles and costs?

• Reference: 2007/2492
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2007

What financial benefits accrue to Transport for London through its deal with Barclaycard? Are there any restrictions on TfL entering into similar contracts with other financial service providers?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

No, I suspect you have not owned a horse, Mr Mayor. A lot of these horses are actually shared between a number of different people and the cost does not always fall on just one person.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 12 September 2007

My information is that to upgrade a horsebox would be in the region of about £4,000, which is no inconsiderable sum. In fact one of my correspondents has a horsebox, a 1985 model, which she says could not be upgraded anyway and she would have to buy a new one. The point is that this will have a disproportionate effect on these people if they cannot move their horses, and it will just simply escalate. You will find that equestrian events are not being held, the places will close as a result of it and I think that would be...