Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you for that. Will the decision to delay the opening until autumn next year [2019] ‑ it would be great to find out which month in autumn ‑ mean further delay in the opening of the other sections and the final full opening of the line in December 2019?
David Kurten AM: Let us come back to the technical aspects. It seems the main problems are getting the three different signalling infrastructures to talk to each other. If you had an extension from Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet then you would need Crossrail to go onto Southeastern track, which might be a fourth signalling structure. Would it not be? You are shaking your heads.
Will you take up the recommendations of the Met Challenge 2020 Youth Engagement report by Byron Grant which calls for the Metropolitan Police to provide skills sessions for police officers in how to communicate with young people?
I know that borough leaders are aware of this, and perhaps there can be some liaison with the boroughs, as well, through the Association of London Government (ALG).
How many hospitals are equipped to treat victims of a CBRN attack, and what is your estimate of how many such victims can be accommodated? What is the capacity of the London Fire Brigade's Incident Response Units to decontaminate people who are exposed to a CBRN attack?