Here is the note and agenda of the Crossrail Railway Stakeholders Meeting of 23/11/2006 (links below.)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/crossrail/seccrssrailfrms/rsf/notenovember06

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/crossrail/seccrssrailfrms/rsf/agendanovember06

London’s economic prosperity could be put at risk if the government holds back on funding Crossrail and further delays plans to build the multi-billion-pound rail link , the Mayor of London has warned (link below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/08/crossrail_delays_threaten_lond.html#more

Ken Livingstone said that while he welcomed the government’s commitment to the infrastructure project , he was concerned that the Treasury would take “too cautious a financial view and put too much strain on the financial contribution London has to make”.