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• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Murad Qureshi AM: Can I raise, Sir Edward, one of the major concerns of the Inspector in regards to the impact of car parking on air quality? It is suggested that there will be a 0.5% decrease in air quality and that may rise higher. What the Inspector says is that you must mitigate against this impact. What mitigation actions are you putting in place for this?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Darren Johnson AM: TfL clearly identified that parking is a key determinant in the level of car usage in the Drivers of Travel Demand report. In a growing city does it really make sense to be adding to car usage?

• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Stephen Knight AM: Eddie [Sir Edward Lister], you have just said that you do not think that these changes will lead to an increase in the number of cars in outer London. Yet we are told that it will lead to a decrease in air quality and an increase in pollution. On one hand we are being told there will be an impact in terms of providing more car parking spaces leading to more cars, but you are just telling us that it will not. Which is the formal position of the GLA on this?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Steve O’Connell AM: Deputy Mayor, you will not be surprised to know that on this side we do welcome these relaxations. These are modest, however. It is interesting that colleagues are getting rather agitated over what we feel is too modest. I, indeed, had a report published last year that called for parking standards to be abolished in outer London and for outer London boroughs to be able to refuse planning permission based on insufficient parking. Clearly this does not go that far. If, indeed, my proposals were on the table I would understand colleagues’ agitation around that. That is...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Andrew Boff AM: Sir Edward, are you aware of a place called Barking Riverside?

• Reference: 2014/2995
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Will you require taxi and private hire companies to record and report all collisions to Transport for London so that the data can be analysed and any problem areas identified?

• Reference: 2014/2996
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Will you withdraw the licence of any private hire vehicle company whose drivers are involved in repeated incidents?

• Reference: 2014/3007
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Please list the budget which has been allocated to each of the 10 junctions that have been prioritised for delivery before May 2016, with a breakdown of the funding sources for each.

• Reference: 2014/3012
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Will you push ahead with the building of Silvertown Tunnel even if there is overwhelming opposition to having tolls on the Blackwall Tunnel when you hold the public consultation on that?

• Reference: 2014/3020
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Will those train companies that use diesel engines be fined for entering the Ultra-Low Emission Zone?