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• Reference: 2009/0288-1
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 09 December 2009

Complaints have been received by customers when dialling 0207 222 5600 and then requesting Oyster Cards information. Apparently customers were held in a queue for over 24 minutes despite the message advising they were only 3rd or 4th to be dealt with. After contacting customer services they were advised that the Oyster Cards information service are notorious for delays and that many complaints have been made. Are you aware of the complaints? Can anything be done to rectify this 'user un-friendly' system?

• Reference: 2009/0307-1
• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 09 December 2009

What will be the effect on a) quantity b) frequency and c) reliability of trains serving the Bayswater station when the new 'extended' Circle line comes into operation next month?

• Reference: 2009/0308-1
• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 09 December 2009

Does the Mayor expect the new Circle line service pattern to be a permanent change or will it be reviewed and assessed in due course?

• Reference: 2009/0287-1
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 09 December 2009

If Tube Lines do not renew their Public Private Partnership (PPP) Contract at the end of 2009, what are the contingency plans for finishing the Jubilee Line upgrade plus any other outstanding Tube Lines work and will PPP be dead in the water?

• Reference: 2009/0002
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 June 2009

Earlier in the year the Mayor indicated his awareness of the Peak Oil phenomena. As such is he familiar with any current or planned study or report into how the potentially catastrophic implications could be offset in London? If one does not exist will he consider, as a matter of urgency, the commissioning of a detailed survey?

• Reference: 2009/0003
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 June 2009

What measures will the Mayor take to ensure public safety and protect the livelihoods of legitimate taxi drivers in the light of the worryingly high levels of rogue taxi drivers still operating in London more than six months after his election?

• Reference: 2009/0004
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 June 2009

Is it final that the DLR extension will not be extended from Beckton via Barking and Dagenham to Rainham or is this something that may change in the future?

• Reference: 2009/0001
• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 14 June 2009

The Urban Light Transport System, currently being tested at Heathrow Airport, offers substantial economic and environmental advantages over conventional forms of transport. Does the Mayor support the concept of rolling out the ULTra transport system across London or will this be another fantastic British innovation either consigned to the scrap heap or poached by foreign companies.

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 14 June 2009

Peter, could I just draw you back into the quagmire of Metronet for a moment. I wondered two things. First of all, obviously anybody who looked at the structure of Metronet - and I am glad you agree - could see that it was crackers right from the start and was going to end in disaster. Given that the magic circle of contractors who owned Metronet were effectively awarding contracts to themselves and therefore that structure was going to collapse at some cost, are those same contractors still performing work on the lines on Metronet? If so, are they doing...

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 14 June 2009

Mr Mayor, would you agree with me that had the British Airways flight that crash landed just within the perimeter of Heathrow a year ago landed 800 yards short of where it eventually landed we would not be having this conversation about "if", we would be having a conversation about "when" we move Heathrow Airport? If the third runway is announced and Heathrow continues in its position when an airliner ploughs into the suburbs of west London would you please take the opponents of the estuary airport and the Members of the Labour Group with you when you go to...