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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: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 06 July 2023

Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to you, Mr Mayor and Commissioner; it is great to have you here with us. I think it is a well-known fact that all roads lead to Lewisham, Assembly Member Duvall’s patch. Unfortunately, all Tube lines do not lead to Lewisham. In fact, no Tube lines lead to Lewisham. I am so pleased for the laughter because I really worked on that one. We, as you know, are incredibly keen for the extension of the Bakerloo line that was promised and that case was made by Ifia Conteo , a really articulate...

• 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: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Building on the conversation that we are just finishing off with Assembly Member Marina Ahmad about the scrappage scheme. I thought it would be worth, given that we have had a back and forth and were looking for lessons learned, drilling down a little bit more into the review of the London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment. In front of me it says: “TfL is reviewing the effectiveness of the previous ULEZ scrappage scheme that enabled over 15,000 polluting vehicles to be removed from London’s roads to inform the development of any future scheme.” It...

• 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: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 June 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning, Commissioner and Mr Mayor. Commissioner, I will start with you. Following on the theme of buses, but hopefully on a more positive note, the TfL Bus Action Plan aims to increase the speed of journeys. What I wanted to hear from you is how do you ensure that this does not adversely affect some groups who need to be given proper time to board buses safely?

• 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: 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...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 02 September 2021

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. I will be addressing my question to you. My question is concerning creating financial sustainability in TfL by 2023. TfL has reduced its funding requirement for the financial year from £2.7 billion identified in the March 2021 budget down to £1.9 billion in the July revised budget. Can you explain what you have done to create this £800 million saving and whether you are still on course to becoming financially sustainable by April 2023?