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• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Mr Mayor, I must say I did agree with what Val [Shawcross CBE AM] was saying until she mentioned the congestion charge. Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): You see; the cat is out of the bag. I hope Zac’s [Goldsmith MP, Conservative mayoral candidate] people are watching. This is a sensational development. Richard Tracey AM: I did agree with what she was saying about the bus services because involving both Val’s constituency and mine there is the problem of Vauxhall Bridge with a massive tailback of buses both into Kennington and indeed north of the river...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Mr Mayor, are you aware that a couple of days ago the Port of London Authority (PLA) launched its vision for the next 20 years to 2035? It was right across the river here at Tower Pier that the launch took place. Apart from talking of all the success with river transport and so on, there was much discussion at the launch between the PLA and your officers about the potential along the sides of the river downstream of Tower Bridge for the creation of new workshops; obviously, there is Royal Docks, but other places where just...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Richard Tracey AM: First of all, Commissioner, you have dealt to some extent with this question of ward-level response, but can I ask you a straight question? Is it actually practical to talk about ward-level calculations? Is that really a practical point in the nature of firefighting or do you have to look over a wider area than simply a ward of - whatever it is - 10,000 people?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Chairman, probably this is one for you as the politician of the two of you. The fact is, surely, that government, particularly local government, has been changing very considerably over recent years. That is accepted. The straight point to you: is it not correct that perhaps LFEPA in its current form is out of date and past its sell‑by date, really?

• Reference: 2015/3741
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Why have TfL chosen to reject the formal recommendation from the Mayor's Roads Task Force to properly investigate the potential for modal shift from cars and vans to motorcycles and scooters?

• Reference: 2015/3742
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Can you let me know how many complaints TfL have received over the last two years on the performance of taxi drivers on the following: unnecessary delays to journeys, drivers getting lost, the choice of wrong route to the desired destination?

• Reference: 2015/3743
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Can you let me know how many complaints TfL have received over the last two years on the performance of taxi drivers on the following: the use of inappropriate language, threats of violence (either to the passenger or those outside the vehicle) and general rude behaviour?

• Reference: 2015/3744
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Could you further elaborate on potential plans to bulk-buy new 'clean' black cabs, which would then be leased back to taxi drivers? The numbers that TfL would look to purchase would be needed, as would the costs associated with the potential purchase.

• Reference: 2015/3740
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

How much money has TfL set aside for specific motorcycling projects?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Mr Mayor, as a parent and indeed a grandparent, I am particularly sympathetic to this question. I wonder. Do you think that we are doing enough to promote starter homes for young people? Are we investigating sufficiently pop-up homes, which I understand is one potential solution, or the excellent Wandsworth Council scheme of Hidden Homes? Indeed, are you convinced that enough of the local authorities in London are refurbishing some of their old housing stock in order that it is prepared?