• Reference: 2017/0562
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

It has long been established that this station is in need of an upgrade especially due to the rapidly rising population served by the station. What is the present position with the upgrade; what form will the upgrade take; how will it be financed; what is the timetable for this; and when is it expected to be completed?

• Reference: 2017/0561
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

In a recent case involving one of my constituents, it transpires that local authorities, who do not accept PCN appeal representations solely based on mitigating factors, are not making clear to those appealing in their rejection letters that the London Tribunal does not accept mitigating factors as a ground to cancel a PCN. Residents are thus erroneously led to make a further appeal to the Tribunal when they have zero chance of success, and so end up having to pay the full penalty fare instead of the discounted early pay rate. Will you undertake to write to all Councils in...

• Reference: 2017/0560
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

Further to Question No: 2016/4844: "If the Elizabeth Line, when open, is being used as an excuse to cut bus routes that use Oxford St, will bus passengers be able to travel on the Elizabeth Line for free for the length of Oxford St, to pick up another bus at the other end of Oxford Street?" Your response being: "The opening of the Elizabeth line will be the most significant transformation to transport in central London for a generation and we predict there will be a reduction in bus use along Oxford Street when it comes into operation in two...

• Reference: 2017/0559
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

Can you please give the numbers of tube noise complaints TfL have received for the past 5 years - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 - and their location on the tube map?

• Reference: 2017/0558
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

Has an air quality assessment of the proposed two-way for Baker Street & Gloucester Place been undertaken by TfL or Westminster City Council in the light of it running through one of London's biggest hot spots for air pollution. If so, with what results? And if not, why not?

• Reference: 2017/0557
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

I understand that Fiber-Optic cabling does not extend to the Strawberry Vale estate in East Finchley. Given the importance of accessing information and services online, will you undertake to write to BT and ask them to investigate how they can improve internet service here, and if they can extend Fiber-Optic cabling if needed?

• Reference: 2017/0556
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

London's south Asian and Chinese restaurants are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit the skilled staff they need, especially chefs, which is threatening the future continuity of business for many, with some closures already. This is primarily down to Government immigration policy. Will you conduct a survey of this sector to establish the full extent of the problem and make representations to Government to allow this important and popular sector of London's hospitality industry to thrive?

• Reference: 2017/0555
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

Do you agree with more than 180 top academics from London's leading higher education institutions who have united to warn that government reforms risk undermining the capital's great universities in that they claim that changes to the way universities are organised and assessed would damage London's stature and deter students, particularly those from overseas, from choosing to study here?

• Reference: 2017/0554
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

Do you agree with the findings of the London Chamber of Commerce and Innovation survey of just over 500 firms, that cutting immigration into the UK would have a negative impact on London's economic growth, according to over half of these capital's businesses; and that three in five firms said London should prioritise growth, even if that means increasing EU migration?

• Reference: 2017/0553
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 20 February 2017

With the increased level of cycling in London, which has contributed positively to active travel and reduced emissions, there has also been an increase in the number of cyclists who ride on the public footpath. My understanding is that because this has been illegal since the Highway Act 1835, it is now regarded as an obsolete law and not worthy of enforcement. Will you commit to lobby government for an update to the legislation to make clear that this remains a dangerous practice, particularly for disabled pedestrians?