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• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

You told us earlier about the constraints of funding and how much the infrastructure improvement is dependent on that, which I think we all understand. However, in terms of raising future revenues, do you agree with the quote in the Evening Standard, a couple of days ago I think, from your board colleague, Professor Stephen Glaister that, `In future years Congesting Charging has to be a key revenue generator'?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Staying on the subject of revenue from Congestion Charging - is not the problem for TfL that they foresee a huge drop in the amount of revenue from Congestion Charging as people learn to manoeuvre themselves through the rather Byzantine payment system, whereby you will be getting less penalty money? Is not the whole point of jacking it up from £5 to £8 actually to make a start on filling the deficit that TfL has actually prophesied itself?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

On your own admission just now, you have made clear that the transport system is not ideal. We have a situation here where people are being asked to pay not only a 60% increase, but with the western extension, TfL's own economic impact assessment makes clear that there will be a reduction in lunch-time customers for restaurants, shift-workers such as cleaners will suffer, `retailers may close down', `retailers may relocate', and delivery costs will be passed to customers. Are you not at all concerned about the disastrous impact of the Congestion Charge and the western extension over the next few...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Does Professor Glaister's comment accurately reflect the view of the TfL board as far as Congestion Charging is concerned in its purpose?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What about the public inquiry the ALG has called for, a cross-party call to you?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Can I ask about one other aspect? Recently, there was a call from the Association of London Government (ALG), a cross-party call, for a pause in this whole rolling out of the Congestion Charge westwards, and to allow for a public inquiry to take place, not least because we understand, and you yourself went on record to say that some very interesting trial work was being done on tag and beacon. Would it not be better to pause before you put all these cameras in and have a public inquiry to look at where we are on this whole issue?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Have you actually talked to the Government about the funding being available?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I have a concern, and I wonder if you share it, that obviously it is a very expensive site and so if that money is not forthcoming, what would happen if there was a suggestion that it could be sold off for commercial developers for non-transport usage? Do you think that is a possibility and if it were, what would your position be on it?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Therefore, you are not holding out any hope that I am going to see a sustainable transport unit this year.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I am not entirely happy about it being a policy unit because I think it is very important that it reaches right through the organisation but also that it is quite practically based. I am concerned about the status it has because, for me, this should have a very, very high-status, just because it has the possibility of transforming the way TfL does everything