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  • Lewisham Hospital

    • Reference: 2013/2940
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 11 September 2013
    How do you respond to the recent decision of the High Court which found that Jeremy Hunt MP and the administrator he appointed to South London Healthcare had acted outside their powers when they decided to reduce services at Lewisham hospital? Do you stand by your commitment to fight any 'unnecessary changes' to the NHS in London? (MQ3797/2012)

  • Tube dust

    • Reference: 2013/2972
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 11 September 2013
    Why have you still not published answers to MQs 2312/2013, 2313/2013 and 2314/2013 about tube dust?

  • Air Quality on the Tube (1)

    • Reference: 2013/2311
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 17 July 2013
    Why did you recently state that dust levels on the tube were below 1 mg/m3 (MQ1298/2013), when in answer to MQ 0788/2013 you made clear that the most recent readings were up to 1.23 mg/m3?

  • Air Quality on the Tube (2)

    • Reference: 2013/2312
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 17 July 2013
    Why have you not sought independent scientific advice on the health risks of tube dust, as your predecessor did in 2003?

  • Air Quality on the Tube (3)

    • Reference: 2013/2313
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 17 July 2013
    How can you state that exposure to tube dust is 'safe' when both the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) advise that exposure should be kept as low as practically possible?

  • Air Quality on the Tube (4)

    • Reference: 2013/2314
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 17 July 2013
    When will you publish information and advice on Transport for London's website or elsewhere about tube dust?

  • Air Quality on the Tube

    • Reference: 2013/1298
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 22 May 2013
    Following new research from the University of Southampton - which found that working or travelling on an underground railway for a sustained period of time could have serious health implications due to the high level of airborne metals inhaled - will you now adopt the precautionary principles put forward by the Institute of Occupational Medicine and others who suggest that employers should aim to keep exposure to 'respirable' and 'inhalable' dust below 1 mg/m3 and 5 mg/m3 respectively?

  • Domiciliary care workers not being paid for travel time between visits

    • Reference: 2013/1309
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 22 May 2013
    Do you agree with care services minister Norman Lamb MP who has stated that the fact many home care workers now take home less than the national minimum wage because they are not paid for travel time between visits is 'a criminal offence and not acceptable'?