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• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Tony Arbour AM: Arising from the last point that Mr Tracey raised, you told us that on the basis of what you already knew it is likely to be true that a third runway is going to generate less noise than two runways. I may say that my constituents in Hounslow and Richmond have frequently heard assertions saying, “More means less”, which has not proved to be so. I wonder if you can tell us on what you base your certainty that there will be a smaller noise footprint from a third runway than there is from the existing two...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Tony Arbour AM: The everyday aggravation which is caused by Heathrow to local residents is not just noise and what has been indicated is the considerable amount of traffic which causes congestion to local centres. Any expansion of Heathrow of necessity means there will be an increase in that traffic. You just made a reference to the congestion zone. My understanding of the congestion zone proposal by Heathrow is predicated on there being a fourth runway in addition to the one which is being proposed. Roger Evans AM (Chairman): That is the first question. Tony Arbour AM: I did mention...

• Reference: 2007/0262-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

What is Transport for London doing to speed up plans to make the former Eurostar platforms at London Waterloo operational as soon as possible?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

You are very proud that you have taken over the former Silverlink North London line and clearly there are going to be substantial improvements there, but the vast bulk of the improvements that you are proposing to make to the line itself, are towards the east. Can you tell me what work you have done in considering extending the services of that line to the south west.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

My office has been in discussion with South West Trains and they would be perfectly happy for ' clearly because it is extra custom ' their tracks to be used. Has there been discussion over dual use of tracks for any further extension of the line really anywhere in London, not just in this particular patch?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

I asked the Mayor about the situation with Malden Rushett, and I was joined in that by my colleague Bob Neill who says that he has similar problems in his constituency, where the LEZ (Low Emission Zone) does not actually follow the Greater London boundary. We have farmers who have farms split by the Low Emission Zone. The Mayor was asked whether he would look at that and alter the boundary. The Mayor said he would not. Would you care to advise the Mayor, when you next see him, that it would be sensible to do that?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

So what is your shopping list then? What goes? What is Plan B?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

If, as you say, it would be unrealistic to publish in your glossy brochure the things that you cannot do, why does your glossy brochure not have health warnings written over it to say: `All of this is dependant on the Government bailing us out. All of this is dependant on us getting the extra fares'? Would that not have been a more honest way of coming to Londoners, rather than presenting this glossy document? Why is one of the things in your 2025 document not an undertaking to get rid of all the fare paying evasion that takes place...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Are you able to list for us, because this is a very near future thing, how much you envisage fare rises to increase over the next five years? Specifically, what is the fare increase that you have in mind for the year 2008/2009?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

So let us get this clear. You are saying that it is not you who sets the fares, it is the Mayor who sets the fares? On the assumption that the Mayor sticks to raising fares in line with the RPI ' I'm not sure that we can make that assumption, but let us assume that he sticks to RPI - it is not likely that that is going to cover your entire shopping list is it?