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• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Joanne McCartney AM: Yes, I want to ask about something you touched on in your opening and that was the Total Recalls campaign and white goods fires. From my figures, you had 329 fires last year caused by faulty white goods. You have done some work on the cost to the public purse and it looks like it is around £19 million to £20 million per year that these fires cost London taxpayers. Do you think that the Government’s working group on product safety is strong enough? I know you have talked about a register now being put in place...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

In respect of those improvements that you would hope to have an influence on, would you set minimum standards for staffing at stations?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

I know one of the concerns that many of us have in this Chamber, including myself, is the overcrowding and the relatively poor service some commuters get on Overground services into or through London. We know that TfL has suggested that they would like to bid for franchises that may be coming up in the future. The next one up is Thames Link Southern franchise, which actually incorporates the Great Northern, which runs through my constituency. Can I ask, is TfL considering bidding for that franchise?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Could I ask, would that greater control be running the franchises themselves or having a partnership where you set the franchise terms?