Audit Comission Peer Assessment. This is the Audit Commission questioning the three party leaders (I deputise for Graham Tope) as to how we think the London Assembly is doing.  As well as can be expected was the general thrust – given the limits on the Assembly’s powers. Our only real power is to stop the Mayor’s budget.  What we do have is influence and a platform from which we can turn a spotlight on issues of importance to London.  I think the Assembly has done lots of really good scrutiny work – but how much the public is aware of it all is questionnable.  The media tend to be interested in rows, things going wrong or the Mayor – they show little real interest in the substance of our work.