Violence Against Public Transport Staff

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 25 June 2009.

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Photo of Richard Ottaway Richard Ottaway Conservative, Croydon South 10:30, 25 June 2009

The Minister will be well aware of the slight downward trend in transport crime, so will he acknowledge that the Mayor of London's ban on alcohol on the London underground was a contributory factor? Will the Minister also consider that as the recession starts to bite and unemployment starts to rise, that trend may well be reversed?