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• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Lyn, last time we spoke at the Budget and Performance Committee meeting before Christmas [2022], we established that the LLDC heat network runs on gas. It cannot meet the Mayor’s climate targets and it opens residents up to catastrophic energy bills. We discussed that you somehow have to get rid of all the gas and get heat pumps in to shift all that power to low carbon. I was very glad to hear you tell Assembly Member Cooper just now that Equans has started on the installation of air-source heat pumps. What analysis was done to rule...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Caroline Russell AM: Lyn, this is a question for you and I would like to talk about the toilets. This is an issue that the [London Assembly’s] Health Committee has been investigating and we are going to be publishing our report next week. From the feedback that we have received and from the available data on the issue, we know that London is very short of loos. The Mayor has laid out some clear direction in his new London Plan on toilets, although he has not actually stipulated the numbers of toilets that we need. Can you outline the provision...

• Reference: 2020/0939
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

How are you handling the financial impact of potential changes to the contract for the Silvertown Road Tunnel, given that a future Mayor may wish to cancel or change this project?

• Reference: 2020/0940
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

You have said that you consider the current situation at the Blackwall Tunnel to be unacceptable. What measures are you taking prior to the proposed opening of the Silvertown Road Tunnel in 2025 to address the pollution in this area?

• Reference: 2020/0941
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Your Energy and Carbon Statement for the Silvertown Road Tunnel states that it will increase road transport emissions of carbon dioxide in London by 0.4% by 2036. How is this increase in emissions compatible with your Climate Emergency declaration and stated ambition to cut road emissions and traffic?

• Reference: 2020/0942
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

The proposed Silvertown Road Tunnel has much of the financial case based on the benefits of congestion reduction from tolling. Why are you not implementing a toll on Blackwall Tunnel now to start relieving congestion and providing investment in alternatives to road transport?

• Reference: 2020/0943
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Your proposed bus driver retention scheme highlights that there is a high rate of turnover for bus drivers in London. Why are you convinced that one-off payments to bus drivers are a good solution as opposed to increasing wages?

• Reference: 2020/0944
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Your proposed bus driver retention scheme highlights that there is a high rate of turnover for bus drivers in London. Unite the Union have said bus drivers need: “decisive action to tackle chronic levels of fatigue”. Why are you offering one-off payments rather than addressing the causes of fatigue?

• Reference: 2020/0945
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

In an answer to my question 2019/12049 I was informed that Transport for London (TfL) would assess all existing cycle routes against their new Quality Criteria for Cycleways. Will you share the top-level findings of this review and over what timescale changes are envisaged?

• Reference: 2020/0931
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

What progress have you made in cutting traffic in this term?