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• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

David Kurten AM: Good morning, everybody. My first question would go to David Bellamy. I think you would be the person to answer this, but if you are not you can pass it on. My question is, what remuneration will the members of the London Transition Board and London Recovery Board be receiving for their service?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: My questions are to start off with to John O’Brien. I want to ask about support for businesses in London, with a particular focus on the restaurant industry. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, as of July last year there were nearly 16,000 restaurants in London employing around 325,000 people. Clearly, the sector has been hit very hard by COVID-19. Data showed in March, before the pandemic had fully hit, that 71% more food and accommodation businesses closed this March than they had in the previous March. John, I wonder if you could...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: My first question is to David Bellamy and it is about the balance between lives and livelihoods. Many politicians and commentators have portrayed the journey out of lockdown as a trade-off between the economy and health and between lives and livelihoods. Do you agree that this is a false distinction and that there cannot really be a full economic recovery without the public being confident that going about daily life is safe?

• Reference: 2014/2997
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

TfL recently confirmed that capacity will be boosted on this severely overcrowded route, beginning in the autumn. Please provide the date from which additional buses will be brought into service on this route. Please also provide an update on the longer-term solution of running a new Kidbrooke Village to North Greenwich route.

• Reference: 2014/2998
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Your response to MQ number 2014/2689 did not disclose a health and safety target temperature for London buses. Please confirm whether or not TfL has such a target and, if it does, please let me know what it is.

• Reference: 2014/2999
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

In your answer to my question 1381/2013 in May last year, you stated that you would be testing emissions of the New Bus for London on route 24. Now you have had a year to compare results, will you please publish them in full, including the average mpg for the bus, broken down by month?

• Reference: 2014/3000
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

The Transport Secretary recently announced that Crossrail could be extended to Hertfordshire. Please list any representations you have made to the Government on this or other extensions to Crossrail.

• Reference: 2014/3001
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Thamesmead is one of the largest areas of London to have no railway station of its own. Have you studied the potential for a future extension of Crossrail to the area?

• Reference: 2014/3002
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Some residents groups around Vauxhall want TfL to remove the gyratory at Vauxhall Cross but retain the bus station. Will TfL model the impact of this option on traffic levels, journey times, air and noise pollution levels, and the bus network, and release the results to the public?

• Reference: 2014/3003
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Of the 433 respondents to TfL's consultation on changes to be made at this gyratory, 220 supported the introduction of segregated cycle lanes and/or advance stop lines at the traffic lights for cyclists. Please give the reasons why the decision has been taken by TfL not to implement to the wishes of 52% of respondents.