• Reference: 2011/0450
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

On 4 January the Jubilee line suffered delays during the morning rush hour as the driver said there was a defective train at Stratford. As Stratford is at the end of the Jubilee line can you please explain to me why, when there are two platforms for the Jubilee line, it caused such a delay to the rest of the line?

• Reference: 2011/0449
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

On Saturday 2 January my constituent was travelling on the Jubilee Line which was closed at Kilburn (and between, I believe, Wembley Park and Finchley Road, at approximately 6.30pm) because of a signalling failure. The information he received from the station staff was that "a new signalling system has been installed and it does not work". Could you please investigate this problem, give a fuller explanation and assure me that the new signalling system is working?

• Reference: 2011/0448
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Please give an update on progress made on the statement on page 6 of your election manifesto 'I will look to reduce the disruption caused by strikes on the tube by negotiating a no-strike deal, in good faith, with the unions'.

• Reference: 2011/0447
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Page 26 of your election manifesto states that 'we will release £3.1million that has been earmarked for MPS advertising and spin doctors to put towards funding approximately an extra 50 warranted officers. WE will specify that these new officers must patrol suburban platforms, in particular the stations with the highest levels of crime'. Please list the suburban national rails stations which benefitted from this pledge.

• Reference: 2011/0446
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Please give an update on the statement on page 5 of your election manifesto 'I will commission a trial of orbital express bus routes for outer London. I believe they should be designed as a distinct mode of transport connecting, for example, key rail terminals initially across South London with coach style vehicles and a limited number of stops. The fares should be no more expensive than current bus fares and should include full Oyster access'. You further state that 'if successful, we will expand this to other parts of North London'. Has the 'trial' thus been deemed unsuccessful?

• Reference: 2011/0445
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Please give an update on the statement on page 5 of your election manifesto 'I want the tube to open for one hour later on Friday and Saturday nights, so Londoners can get home safely late at night'.

• Reference: 2011/0444
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Please give an update on the pledge on page 3 of your election manifesto that 'I will also reinstate tidal flow in the Blackwall Tunnel at the earliest opportunity'.

• Reference: 2011/0443
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Please give an update on the statement on page 2 of your election manifesto that you will be 'halting the proposed Tube ticket closures'.

• Reference: 2011/0442
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Several elderly residents in the East Dulwich area have raised again the question of a bus to serve the Sainsbury's in Dog Kennel Hill (that is a bus that drives into the forecourt of the store, not in the road, which still leaves older people with a considerable walk from the bus stop). They have asked if changes to the P13 or 148 could be made to facilitate this. Please could this be investigated? Are there any other options for meeting this request?

• Reference: 2011/0441
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

How much space will there be for luggage and other items such as folded up buggies/pushchairs on the New Bus for London? How does the new bus compare with a)standard double and single deck vehicles and b) bendy buses in this regard?