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• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Nicholas Rogers AM: This is a question for you, Mr Mayor. As a local example of how the ULEZ expansion could potentially create a new challenge for London, we see the [London] Borough of Richmond [upon Thames]. As you know, the vast majority of that Borough will lie outside of the expanded ULEZ. However, the Townmead Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, which is the recycling centre for the entire Borough, will be just inside the expanded ULEZ. Townmead Road is effectively a cul-de-sac. It is just over the South Circular. I am sure you would agree that we want a...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. My question is to you, Commissioner. The Mayor very rightly in his opening statement talked about safety being at the heart of everything that TfL does in all aspects of its work. My colleague Assembly Member Hirani has asked you questions about safety across the network but I want to ask you a specific question about safety on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), which is a London-wide issue although most of the DLR is in my City and East London constituency. Recently, Stephen Timms, the Member of Parliament (MP) for...

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Emma Best AM: Good morning. I want to start with a question to the Mayor in particular regarding the ULEZ. I wanted to open up my question by trying to explain the regional concerns with a quote from Labour’s candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green in the 2019 election. She said: “Whilst we want to do something about air quality, we’ve got the politics wrong. [People say to me] “This is actually unfair,” and I don’t have an answer to them. This is unfair.” One of those great unfairnesses we see regionally in Chingford is where we have very poor...

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Susan Hall AM: Good morning, gentlemen. I am very quick to criticise - and I am sure the Mayor will confirm that - but I really must state publicly a thank you to Andy Byford. We had an email exchange recently on a Friday night, which meant that a problem was resolved and residents in Northwood were very grateful. Way beyond the call of duty. Thank you very much for that. Mr Mayor, your independent review of TfL claimed that the pension scheme is outdated and must be reformed, and stated that its costs could be reduced by up to...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Joanne McCartney AM: My first question is to the Mayor and it is about suburban rail franchises. Could you provide us with an update on the devolution of suburban rail services to TfL?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning Commissioner and to you, Mr Mayor. If Assembly Member Dr Sahota had not mentioned Crossrail, then I certainly was going to. I went to Whitechapel Station last week for the opening. I have three points about the station. Firstly, it is great, absolutely great; airy, spacious, bright. People, locals, members of the public were taking pictures on their mobiles and so on. Genuinely there was a sense of excitement among so many locals. I know that it was covered worldwide through various media outlets. We saw Crossrail trains going by as well with their trial...

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Siân Berry AM: I want to pick up on the Silvertown Tunnel with the Mayor briefly. Papers from TfL show that the consortium contracted to build and run Silvertown expect to begin actual tunnelling operations in January 2022, so this date basically represents the last moment to stop major works since you cannot actually back these machines back out of the tunnels once you have started to do tunnel works behind them. Before you further back yourself into a corner on this, will you one last time formally reconsider this scheme in light of all we know now about pollution...

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Nicholas Rogers AM: I have a question for the Mayor. We are welcoming the first of many hundreds, if not thousands, of arrivals from Afghanistan, just as we continue to welcome many new arrivals from Hong Kong. All of these people have much to contribute to this city and many will have specific skills, whether they are technical skills, engineering skills, customer service skills or whatever it might be. What are doing and what is TfL doing to match qualified Afghan arrivals and Hongkongers with suitable jobs within TfL so that the whole city can benefit from their skills and...

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Emma Best AM: Mr Mayor, a question for you, please. In anticipation of a motion we will be discussing later today, the Terrence Higgins Trust has recommended that we use some TfL advertisement to promote testing for HIV. Especially this recommendation comes in light of the fact London continues to have the highest rates of HIV in the country, in particular the boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham, which have the highest. Will you commit to giving some advertising space on TfL for HIV testing?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Keith Prince AM (Deputy Chairman): Mr Mayor, I wonder whether you would agree with me - as sometimes you do - in relation to the Silvertown Tunnel and how important it will be for you to further your goals for walking and cycling. As you know, the Silvertown Tunnel will provide us with a tunnel fit for the 21st century, not one that was designed for the 19th century. One of the biggest benefits will be the fact that we can get a double-decker bus through that. I believe, and I would be grateful if you could confirm, that there...