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• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

Do you know, I am flabbergasted by this, Deputy Mayor. You have just told us that these low-energy bulbs are in fact a transitional thing, because LED bulbs are going to come in which are going to be efficient, but at the same time your publicity has told us that these light bulbs are going to have a very long life. Clearly it is quite pointless that they should have a long life if something more permanent is going to come along. It is a bit like somebody trying to sell me a Betamax video recorder! The whole thing is...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

One final thing on this; I believe the whole thing is completely ludicrous. This refers to DIY Planet Repairs. Whenever we switch on any of the computers in this building a big thing comes up with an exclamation mark saying `DIY Planet Repairs'; utterly meaningless. I can well understand why there is an exclamation mark there; this has cost the Council Tax payers of London more than £1.25 million! Can you point to any `DIY Planet Repair' which the Mayor and this campaign have actually achieved?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

Of the 30,000 a year that you are predicting?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

Mr Watts, that is not actually true. In the Mayor's press release ' which I suppose in this case is Nicky's press release ' a 63% take-up was predicted, which is four million. Your figure bears no relationship to the press release and the fact that you only made available this tiny number of light bulbs suggests that there was never any truth in the matter at all.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

It's very interested to hear you say that all of this is supposed to encourage people to take up these things. The total number of people who have actually taken up the insulation grants so far is barely 3,000 homes of the 30,000. The thing you principally have been trumpeting to make Londoners aware of how they can cut carbon issues has related to the exchange of light bulbs. Now the Mayor in his press release predicted that there was going to be a 60% take up of London's population of that; that is around four million people. I wonder...

• Reference: 2003/0115
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 March 2003

What is your view on the Mayor's plan to remove the night-time lorry ban? Have you discussed this issue with him? .

• Reference: 2003/0116
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 March 2003

Are you concerned about the additional noise and pollution that is already being suffered by those living close to the edge of the congestion charging zone a result of rat running? If so, have you raised these concerns with the Mayor and what was the response? .

• Reference: 2003/0118
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 12 March 2003

What work are you doing with the waste disposal authorities across London to ensure that their priorities fit in with those of the Mayor? How successful have you been? .

• Reference: 2003/0077
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 March 2003

Should the general public be able to enjoy organised events such as concerts in London's parks? .

• Reference: 2003/0078
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 12 March 2003

What advice have you given the Mayor on free school entry to London Zoo? .