• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Tony Devenish AM: Good afternoon, Mr Mayor. In terms of health impacts, how concerned are you and should Londoners be about reports to do with the bed bugs on the Tube, please?

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Emma Best AM: Thank you. Like many, I have been devastated this party conference season to see on show the growing transphobic rhetoric in all parties [represented] within this Assembly. I clearly acknowledge with sadness that the crescendo of that lies with my own party due to the seniority with which those comments come. LGBT and particularly trans Londoners are some of the most vulnerable in London. It is not just the cost of living but the political landscape which is having a long-term effect on mental health. Firstly, can I give a rare and genuine thank you for your...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Len Duvall AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor, in the way that you answered that question. Information is quite important to get out there, because there are a lot of misunderstandings. You have made it clear in terms of the tolling, but if we did not proceed with the tolling, if ever that was an option, what would the options be in terms of replacement monies for not having tolls?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, earlier on I was talking about the need for cross-party partnerships and international partnerships. I am hosting, in the [London] Living Room [at City Hall], businesses who will be coming in to talk about low carbon skills and the kind of skills that are required for this move into the future. We will also be discussing low carbon skills at the Environment Committee at the very next meeting next week. The Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment has told us in the Environment Committee that it would take £55 billion to retrofit housing...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair. We are talking about apples and oranges. Help to Buy, as everybody knows here, help precisely nobody on a housing waiting list. It was money for people to buy a house who clearly could not afford homes in London. It has made the affordability crisis in this capital a thousand times worse. The National Audit Office has repeatedly talked about how it was poor value for money. That money, which was spent giving taxpayer cash to people that already could afford to buy homes they could not afford, would have been better spent on...