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• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Steve O’Connell AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Just returning briefly to your exchange with Joanne [Joanne McCartney AM] regarding buses in outer London, something I have been banging on about for some considerable time, speaking for, for example, Sutton - and just for once I will not mention the tram, although I just did - it is particularly poorly served by public transport. Joanne probably hit the nail on the head. Looking at increasing services in outer London in a zero-sum game is naturally going to lead to potential reductions elsewhere. Really, what I want to hear from you, Mr...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Gareth Bacon AM: Commissioner, the Mayor has said that the review he has asked you to conduct will ensure that TfL provides “a modern and affordable transport” system. I wrote that down while he was speaking and so hopefully I have quoted him correctly. Is it your view that TfL has been running an expensive and antiquated system for the last eight years?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Steve O’Connell AM: To Mr Mayor, and thank you again for your early commitment to the tram extensions across Sutton and Crystal Palace. I look forward to working with you to achieve those in this term. This is on the same subject of the freeze. As you will know, I am like you a proud south Londoner and have always felt for a long time that south London has not always had the favours from TfL that Zones 1, 2 and 3 have had. I hope to work with you to address that. Linking to your fares freeze promise, it...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Gareth Bacon AM: Mr Brown, we all know about the big revenue cuts that have been made to TfL’s budget by the Government and that the commercial income work that is being done by Graeme Craig and his team is absolutely crucial to TfL’s future. I think we are all agreed on that. I personally am one of the big cheerleaders for what he is doing. The business plan states that there is going to be £3.4 billion of commercial income generated over the lifetime of the business plan. When that assumption was made, the 50% affordable housing target and...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Gareth Bacon AM: This is a question to the Mayor, Mr Chairman. Mr Mayor, are you prepared to guarantee that Local Implementation Plan (LIP) funding will remain at the current levels to the boroughs?