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• Reference: 2005/0618
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

In view of the delays caused to over 100,000 Central Line passengers in the morning peak hours on 25 January by the incompetence of sub-contractors Balfour Beatty, are you demanding that Metronet stop sub-contracting work on Tube tracks to Balfour Beatty? Are you confident that Tube passengers are safe with the work that has been carried out?

• Reference: 2005/0619
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

On 11 February there was a repeat of the episode three weeks previously, when Underground lines were unable to open for the morning peak period because contractors failed to finish work in the Baker Street area. Tens of thousands of commuters suffered more disruption; on this occasion to five of the London Underground lines. Which sub-contractors were responsible for these delays, and what sanctions will be imposed on them?

• Reference: 2005/0622
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

What steps are you and the MPS taking to tackle crimes against small- and medium-sized enterprises in London?

• Reference: 2005/0623
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

Will you support the reorganisation of the bus terminus at South End Green so that the whole area in front of the shops on the west side of the Green can be pedestrianised?

• Reference: 2005/0633
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 23 February 2005

How many individuals have been (a) dispersed, (b) arrested and (c) removed to their home address under the relevant powers contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 in the MPS area in each month of 2004 broken down by borough, age and ethnicity (using the 16+1 codes), and, for (b), offence and outcome (e.g. charges or other forms of judicial disposal)?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

Before my question, just to comment on the proposed expansion of Congestion Charging to target hotspots in the boroughs, I would entirely agree with you. I have been nagging you for some to look at it that way, so long as the boroughs are king in all of that. However, I would remind you of the investment you had to put into public transport to make the Central Charging Zone work, and that if you start to bring in targeted congestion in the suburbs to look also at the budget you would need to ensure there are public transport improvements...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

You always say that and I am not trying to have it. You cannot say that there is nothing in the entire budget the size of TfL that you cannot reduce. You can always, always throw the 603 bus in my face, and I am happy to have it, because that is a bus service that was needed and you could still push it to a full service. However, you always use that argument and it is totally invalid in the context in which I am arguing with you.

• Reference: 2005/0071
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

What benefits have customers enjoyed from Oystercard?

• Reference: 2005/0082
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

What is the current schedule for installing lifts in London Underground stations?

• Reference: 2005/0083
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 26 January 2005

Please list the number of breakdowns in lifts with Tube stations, the lengthy of time they were out of service and how long they took to repair, since June 2003.