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• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Mr Mayor, you gave a commitment to make London 2012, the London Games, the most accessible Games ever. If you are serious about this pledge, why are the temporary manual boarding ramps being introduced to 16 stations only temporary, given that you are talking about leaving a permanent legacy for the Olympic Games, which you said will be the most accessible ever?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Yes, whether that would be feasible. Also, is it sufficient that only about 21% of stations are fully accessible for games, which you said would provide the most accessible games in the history of the Olympics?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Well, I mean, you ask people who use it, the local hospital patients or other users of that station, they will not accept your description that their station is by any means practically and in real terms accessible. The question is that station, as well as Harrow on the Hill, whatever the cost is, the fact is, if you are serious about regeneration, if you are serious about making those stations accessible, then you have to give us a programme as to when we can expect something being done. We cannot have this indefinite situation where there is absolutely no...

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Mr Mayor, the question is twofold: one is that, of the 270 stations served by Underground network, only 65 which would be fully accessible come London Olympics, and then there you have got this temporary ramps, manually placed at some stations. The question is that, are those temporary ramps at all for future feasible to be used as entry measures? The serious question is --

• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

I am very supportive of your aspiration to take greater control of the Southeastern Overground rail network because quite obviously, just on the nearby quick trip to New Cross, you can see the massive improvement in services coming through that part of the London Overground line. Actually, one of the things that I am also very keen to explore is the opportunities for greater integration of different public transport modes in southeast London. At the moment, my constituents are disproportionately reliant on heavy rail and I would certainly be keen for you to explore greater integration with Docklands Light Railway...