• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 03 July 2025

Len Duvall OBE AM (Chair): Assembly Member Russell. Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, and good morning to both of you. I want to start by picking up on the hot weather that we have just been having. We have all seen images in the news of thermometers showing very high temperatures, up to 40 degrees in bus driver cabs, and drivers are reporting symptoms of fatigue, of heat stress and dehydration. What I am interested in is, particularly on the new electric buses, that the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, how they are maintained and how they are working...

• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 03 July 2025

Len Duvall OBE AM (Chair): Assembly Member Baker. Elly Baker AM: Thanks, Chair. My initial question to both of you and is again about the CSR. You have both given us some highlights and some things that you might have wanted that are missing, but I would really like to get a sense of, overall, are you happy with it? Was it good for London? What is the overall feeling?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 03 July 2025

Len Duvall OBE AM (Chair): We will now return to the clock, and I will call on Assembly Member Prince with a question. Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Good morning. Commissioner, you mentioned about the Government not providing as much funding as we would like. In fact, Mr Mayor, you mentioned your disappointment in that. I might come to that a bit later. The thing today is the Piccadilly line. We see that the trains were delivered in the autumn, you could have started testing, and I notice that there was a delay. I do not know if...

• Reference: 2025/3226
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 03 July 2025

Len Duvall OBE AM (Chair): We now move into the question and answer session with, Transport for London (TfL). Joining us in the Chamber, we have Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, Chair of TfL, and Andy Lord, Commissioner of TfL. Welcome to the meeting. Over the next year, we will be celebrating the 25th anniversaries of both the London Assembly and TfL. TfL was officially formed on 3 July 2000. We are pleased to welcome our guest on this anniversary of that day. Since 2000, TfL has transformed how millions of Londoners and visitors to our city travel around...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Well done. OK, let us move on to our last question of this session, Assembly Member Desai. Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, panel. My question is to you, Ms Hobart. It is about childhood vaccination programmes. I understand London is the worst performing region in England for the take-up of childhood vaccinations. We have seen before how vital vaccine can be, both during the pandemic and with the outbreaks of diseases, like polio, which we previously thought was a thing of the past. What specific factors are driving this...

• Question by: Thomas Turrell
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Turrell is going to complete the impossible feat but let us give him a go. Thomas Turrell AM: Thank you, Chair. This is to Dr Hannbeck. Community pharmacies are obviously incredibly important for delivering better care, yet we hear about having support reduced, increased costs with National Insurance, increased travel costs and so forth. What does the pharmacy sector need to work, to be better supported?