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• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

On consultation, the fact that most of the infrastructure for Orbirail is in place - it would be a very cheap and efficient scheme to implement - it could give you an easy time as Mayor in terms of the consultation process on that. You would be unlikely to have rooms of rabid car drivers attacking your plans.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

There has been real concern about the cost of the Crossrail scheme - obviously no one is against Crossrail in principle - and we are talking about soaking up a huge sum of money and putting many eggs in one basket, and that is the concern of the ALG as well when they came to the scrutiny on the London Plan. How would you answer that: that if by putting Crossrail as your number one transport infrastructure priority, that is potentially taking away money from a whole range of other schemes which, at a local level, could have a far...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

Are you committed to thinking again about giving a greater priority to Orbirail when you come to your revised final version of the London Plan?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

What would you say to those criticisms about Bob Kiley that, whilst he might be the number one world expert in running underground rail systems, he has not necessarily shown the same level of interest and sympathy with the needs of pedestrians and cyclists?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

Why did you have to lean on him and his American advisers, some time ago, when they were proposing to chop the cycling budget?

• Reference: 2002/0009-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

Do you agree that the charging of a premium fare on the proposed Crossrail scheme would negate the promoters aims of regeneration, social inclusion and relieving overcrowding on the Central line? Is it the intention of TfL that there should be premium fares for travel on Crossrail? Is it the intention of Crossrail London Rail Links Ltd that there should be premium fares for travel on Crossrail? .

• Reference: 2002/0073-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

Do you agree that the charging of a premium fare on the proposed Crossrail scheme would negate the promoters' aims of regeneration, social inclusion and relieving overcrowding on the Central Line? Is it the intention of TfL that there should be premium fares for travel on Crossrail? Is it the intention of Crossrail London Rail Links Ltd that there should be premium fares for travel on Crossrail?-(Q9/2002 - CROSSRAIL PREMIUM FARES) .

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

I think everyone accepts that you were conned in the General Election into campaigning for Labour with this non-existent deal that the Government was proposing on PPP, which collapsed straight after the general election. Will you be again conned into putting on a red rosette in the local elections? Because whether it's the fault of Labour councillors or not, the message is, if you go around with a red rosette then it doesn't matter how appalling the Government's behaviour on PPP is, as long as people vote Labour. That's the message that goes out.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

I totally agree. Do we get a guarantee from you then, that as far as you're concerned you will not support premium fares on Crossrail and you will make that conditional of your support for the whole project?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

The poll tax actually went after a few really damaging, devastating defeats for the Government. The question that I think we want answered is if the Government is pressing ahead with PPP regardless, are you going to go out campaigning for Labour in the May local elections?