Tube Strikes (Supplementary) [6]

Session date:

May 23, 2001

Question By:

Angie Bray

Organisation:

GLA Conservatives

Asked Of:

The Mayor

Question

Angie Bray: Well, you do not seem to be able quite to bring yourself to side with Londoners on this occasion -

The Mayor: I thought I just did!

Angie Bray: Urging people not to strike is not the same as condemning the threatened strike. At the very least, could you do something to alleviate the misery of Londoners, if the strikes go ahead, and agree to arrange - we do have plenty of notice - extra car parking and more buses, to make sure that their day of getting around London is to some extent made easier?

Supplementary To:

Tube Strikes

Answer

Answer for Tube Strikes (Supplementary) [6]

Answered By:

The Mayor

Date:

Wednesday, 23rd May 2001

That was a complaint during the last two strikes - that Transport for London did not run more buses. There aren't any more buses. The buses are all in use. We do not have a stock of unused buses. These are private companies, and if they could make more money out of this, they would produce more buses and run them.