Clause 18
Greater London Authority Bill
10:00 am
Martin Linton (PPS (Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC, Minister of State), Department for Constitutional Affairs; Battersea, Labour)
But surely the Greater London authority already has a representative at Battersea and at Hammersmith and Fulham, elected by residents to represent the transport interests of those areas. If those representatives are not effective or articulate in defending the interests of their constituents, so be it. In my experience, Members of Parliament are often more effective. The point is that those interests are already represented and those people were elected for their views on transport. The hon. Gentleman still has not answered the question: if there were borough representatives as well as Greater London representatives on TFL, whose mandate would prevail? Surely, it must be the views of the Greater London representatives elected for that purpose, particularly the Mayor?