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• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 06 July 2023

Nick Rogers AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. Mr Mayor, yesterday we heard [Mr] Justice Swift tell the High Court that he could make no promises that he would have reached a judgment in the ULEZ expansion judicial review before August, which suggests that he has found the evidence worthy of very serious consideration. That would potentially mean, if the judgment was made on 4 August [2023], that would be just four weeks until the planned expansion date. There are many Londoners, many businesses, many charities, who are waiting on the judgment before making a...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 06 July 2023

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. My question is for the Commissioner, and I am going to raise the issue of the Piccadilly line signalling upgrade. It is good to hear that you have better relations with Government than previously. We do know that the new trains will increase capacity on the line by 23 percent, but if it were to be given the go-ahead, the signalling would increase capacity by 64 percent. Can I ask you about the state of those negotiations and are you hopeful that we will get that capital funding?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, I think you have clearly set out the triple challenges that we are facing as a city, and you have highlighted that the inner London ULEZ has been extremely well delivered, with some drastic improvements made to air quality. However, many parts of outer London are not blessed with the same extensive public transport links that inner London is, and your MTS is about encouraging people out of cars and on to public transport, or more active travel. What will you seek to do in the forthcoming years to make sure that we...

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Nick Rogers AM: Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, Mr Mayor; my questions are for you. I take issue with a couple of points that the Deputy Mayor made: he described this revision as a process point and a small addendum, where it is in fact neither of those things. What you are asking the Assembly to do today is to give our seal of approval to some very controversial policies that would have a negative financial impact on thousands of Londoners, and small businesses, across the city. I am sure everyone’s inboxes have been the same as mine, full of...

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 09 June 2022

Nick Rogers AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. You talked about the Elizabeth line, and it is an absolutely fantastic piece of British engineering. I have really enjoyed travelling on it. It will make a huge difference, not just to London, but to the southeast and beyond. While we are all extremely happy that it is open, we cannot ignore the sometimes tortured journey that it took to get to that point. Do we have a clear picture, Mr Mayor, of the financial impact overall in terms of lost revenue and additional capital spending of the delay to...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 09 June 2022

Joanne McCartney AM: My first question is to the Commissioner and it is regarding TfL’s Capital Plan. I just want to know how the negotiations with Government are going - and I have asked you before - about the Piccadilly line signalling and track, which is getting increasingly old and unreliable, as you told us at our last Transport Committee meeting. Please, could you just give us a brief update?

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 09 June 2022

Nick Rogers AM: Mr Mayor, on page 98 of your Manifesto you promised to deliver a strategy for the suburbs. Could you please write to me outlining the progress you have made with that to date?

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Nicholas Rogers AM: This is a question for you, Mr Mayor. As a local example of how the ULEZ expansion could potentially create a new challenge for London, we see the [London] Borough of Richmond [upon Thames]. As you know, the vast majority of that Borough will lie outside of the expanded ULEZ. However, the Townmead Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, which is the recycling centre for the entire Borough, will be just inside the expanded ULEZ. Townmead Road is effectively a cul-de-sac. It is just over the South Circular. I am sure you would agree that we want a...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Joanne McCartney AM: My first question is to the Mayor and it is about suburban rail franchises. Could you provide us with an update on the devolution of suburban rail services to TfL?

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Nicholas Rogers AM: I have a question for the Mayor. We are welcoming the first of many hundreds, if not thousands, of arrivals from Afghanistan, just as we continue to welcome many new arrivals from Hong Kong. All of these people have much to contribute to this city and many will have specific skills, whether they are technical skills, engineering skills, customer service skills or whatever it might be. What are doing and what is TfL doing to match qualified Afghan arrivals and Hongkongers with suitable jobs within TfL so that the whole city can benefit from their skills and...