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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: 15 October 2003

Perhaps I can come in as the person whose constituency actually includes Crystal Palace. Surely, it would be a pretty untenable Olympic bid that had no role for the one venue in London which is capable of dealing with grand prix athletic sports events. Can I ask again, what specific role do you envisage Crystal Palace playing a) in the run-up to the Games, b) during the Games, and c) as part of the legacy?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

I am afraid you did not, that is why I am pressing you.

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

I am afraid your comments sit rather ill with those of the Mayor when he visited Bromley and told both the Bromley local papers that he saw Crystal Palace as being `within the Olympic footprint'. And he went on to say `My preference is for it to be part of the Olympic site." Clearly, you and the Mayor are at variance on that one.

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Well, I find that a more constructive exchange, if I may say, because it may be, Ms Cassani, that you are not aware that there has been some very constructive dialogue going on between all the parties. And the more that that is fed into your bid team the more we are likely, I suspect, to get together the sort of joined-up approach that we all want to see as far as Crystal Palace is concerned. Perhaps we can pursue it further elsewhere.

• 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: 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.