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  • Tube Noise [1]

    • Reference: 2020/4434
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Residents in Fitzrovia are receiving contradictory responses from TfL regarding corrugation on the rails on the Victoria Line around Warren Street. They wrote to me just a few weeks ago to say that they would not be carrying out grinding in the area in the October / November grinding round, because there was no significant corrugation. Now they have just sent an email to a resident stating that: “The engineers have checked the ATMS, and believe that the increase [in noise] is caused by short patches of corrugation which are developing again as a result of the effects of the...

  • Tube Noise [2]

    • Reference: 2020/4435
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Residents living between Kentish Town and Tufnell Park report a major increase in tube noise recently. What is the cause and what is the proposed remedy?

  • Tube Noise [3]

    • Reference: 2020/4436
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Residents of Fitzrovia were told that noise from the Victoria Line around Warren Street was not caused by the conditions of the tracks, and so Warren Street was not included in the list of track areas to be ground. It now transpires that there has been corrugation on the rail there, but it will be months before there can be grinding, due to lack of availability of the machine. This is clearly not adequate management of the track or the continuing tube noise issue. Can the grinding of the rails here please be prioritised?

  • West London Orbital Link

    • Reference: 2020/4437
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Design work for passive provision for West London Orbital platforms at Brent Cross West station is continuing but funding had not yet been identified for the construction work. Are TfL involved in this scheme, and are they seeking funding for the works?

  • Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic effluents (1)

    • Reference: 2020/4438
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    The recent FBU report ‘Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents’ 1 recommends that respiratory protective equipment is worn at all times whilst firefighting. Will you commit to implementing this for the London Fire Brigade? 1 Fire Brigades Union, ‘ Minimising fire fighters’ exposure to toxic effluents ’ [Date accessed 23.11.2020]

  • Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic effluents (2)

    • Reference: 2020/4439
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Does the LFB have a fully risk-assessed decontamination procedure?

  • Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic effluents (3)

    • Reference: 2020/4440
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    When were policies for decontamination of PPE and personnel last updated?

  • Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic effluents (4)

    • Reference: 2020/4441
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Do all fire stations currently have the facilities to allow all firefighters to ‘shower within an hour’ when returning from an incident or following a live fire training exercise? Please provide details of any stations unable to provide this at the moment.

  • Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic effluents (5)

    • Reference: 2020/4442
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Do firefighters currently receive training on the harmful health effects of exposure to toxic fire effluents to enable better practice? How regularly are firefighters expected to attend this training if so?

  • Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic effluents (6)

    • Reference: 2020/4443
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    What policies are currently in place for the routine care, maintenance, inspection and professional cleaning of PPE?