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• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

Thank you. There is an issue about how TfL relates to buses. Let us say it is public safety in the public realm. Trees overhanging bus stops create an environment which is quite difficult for people wanting to wait at bus stops, say, late at night and blocking CCTV cameras.

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

Absolutely. Borough liaison is key for a lot of the work that you do. The work that we are doing on protecting the City's environment makes it very clear that it is actually at the tension between property owners and responsibilities is the clear issue. The question is around where TfL relates to the issues of protecting the City's environment, making sure that we clean up our streets where it is the interface that is the problem. Do you have a specific TfL team that relates to boroughs on this particular issue?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

I did actually ask a question at the last Mayor's Question Time about the Tramlink issue. Recently we have conducted a survey and found that 27 of the 31 stops are completely covered with graffiti. I know that TfL officers did meet Croydon officers, but I am interested in an update on that.

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

Tube Lines.

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

One point that you did not raise there in your discourse is that this is also a flood alleviation mechanism, something the flooding scrutiny did look at. There will be an element of ensuring that we do have flood storage capacity and that it is not just beautiful green spaces but also a very practical requirement in that area. There has been concern actually, because the latest divvy up of money to the particular area did not give much to the Green Grid. I think that Noel's point there is quite an interesting one. It does need a lot of...

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

They do it now. Since two weeks ago.

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

On that last point about planning I was curious if you had supported your environmental advisor to go and talk to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) to try to eliminate some of the problems that we are experiencing with getting the London Plan through. Has your environmental advisor, Victor Anderson, done that?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

The other question I have is on the work of London Remade, that you quite rightly have said is doing some fantastic work across London. I introduced Victor Anderson to the lead member Hugh Carr-Harris in the lift about nine months ago. Do you think Victor has actually met with London Remade on a regular basis?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 October 2003

No, I am certainly happy. I also just wanted to add the wonderful news that we only received yesterday, about a further £20 million for recycling in London over two years, and for the fantastic work that has been done in terms of making sure that London is now considered as a region for recycling. As far as I know, that work was done by myself and John Duffy and your team. I do not remember seeing a Green Party member in that sort of cohort. Are you having more discussions with DEFRA about how we could be spending that...

• Reference: 2003/0302
• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

How can we make sure that the benefits of developments for the Games are felt by the whole of London? .