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Issues concerning Harrow & Wealdstone Station

  • Reference: 2018/2285
  • Question by: Navin Shah
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Further to Question 2018/1680, your answer stated that, following a meeting between Network Rail and London Underground at the end of July, Transport for London will be able to provide a full briefing and visit the Harrow & Wealdstone Station; or a meeting to resolve the issues. Nothing has happened since your reply. Can I please have an update and an assurance that someone from TfL contacts me for a site visit?

London Ambulance Service liaison

  • Reference: 2018/2283
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Please can you give dates of your meetings with the Chair and CEO of the London Ambulance Service, and state whether there are any records of the discussions at these meetings?

Measles outbreak in Europe

  • Reference: 2018/2282
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Cases of measles in Europe have hit a record high, according to the World Health Organisation. London has the highest number of cases in the UK which has been attributed to parents failing to have their children vaccinated 1. What steps are you taking to ensure parents in London understand the need to have their children vaccinated and protect those who missed out on the vaccine? 1 Measles cases hit record high in Europe, BBC, 20 August 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45246049

The NHS and planning for Brexit

  • Reference: 2018/2281
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
In a letter to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, the Chief Executive of NHS Providers Chris Hopson warned that a Brexit with minimal regulatory alignment would damage the health service and urged him to engage in national planning 1. What steps have you taken, for example through the London Health Board a) to develop a pan-London plan for the NHS and b) to lobby ministers to form a national plan to protect the NHS from negative consequences of Brexit? 1 NHS unprepared for no-deal Brexit, leaked letter warns, The Guardian, 21 August 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/21/nhs-leak-warns-of-brex…

So-called "wellness" foods and advertising

  • Reference: 2018/2280
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Despite marketing popularising it as a "health food", coconut oil has no proven benefits and has as many saturated fats as beef dripping and more than lard 1. As well as limiting fast-food takeaways, what steps are you taking to limit misleading advertising of so-called "health" or "wellness" foods on the TfL network? 1 Coconut oil: are the health benefits a big fat lie? The Guardian, 9 July 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/09/coconut-oil-debunk…

NHS pay

  • Reference: 2018/2279
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
The three-year NHS pay deal agreed in June will finally end the Government's 1% pay cap. But outsourced health staff are not automatically included in this. What steps, if any, are you taking to encourage NHS organisations in London to make sure their outsourced staff also benefit from the pay deal?

Key worker housing for the NHS (2)

  • Reference: 2018/2278
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Can you provide figures for the proportion of NHS staff (on standard agenda for change rates) who would find a) the lower quartile rent and b) the average rent in each London borough unaffordable? Please express this in terms of rent costing more than one third and one half of income.

Key worker housing for the NHS (1)

  • Reference: 2018/2277
  • Question by: Onkar Sahota
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Media reports indicate that London NHS Trusts are struggling to recruit staff, in part because of high rents and house prices in the city. What steps are you taking to provide more key worker housing with suitable travel to work times for London NHS Trusts?

MPS and use of child informants (3)

  • Reference: 2018/2274
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
If child informants have been used by the Metropolitan Police Service will you ask them to review this practice to ensure that no child is put at risk?

MPS and use of child informants (2)

  • Reference: 2018/2273
  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
If child informants have been used by the Metropolitan Police Service what safeguards were put in place to minimise risk
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