Skip to main content
Mayor of London logo London Assembly logo
Home

Gambling Related Harms in London and banning gambling advertising

  • Reference: 2025/1805
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 05 June 2025
In his 2021 manifesto, the Mayor made a commitment to address harms caused by gambling advertising. He said: “given the devastating way gambling addiction can destroy lives and families, I’ll instruct TfL to bring forward plans to extend the ban to harmful gambling advertisements on the network”. In March 2024, the Health Committee produced a report ‘Gambling Related Harms in London’. Recommendation five said: "The Mayor should bring forward proposals in 2024-25 to ban gambling advertisements on the TfL network.” In the Mayor’s response to this recommendation, he said he is hoping the Government will provide a “national definition of...

Trans health matters (4)

  • Reference: 2025/1804
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 05 June 2025
In answer to Mayor's Question 2022/2568 about the report Trans health matters: improving access to healthcare for trans and gender-diverse Londoners, from the London Assembly Health Committee, the Mayor said that he would not implement recommendation three by commissioning research with the NHS into healthcare needs of trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people in London, but that he would be happy for officers to work with NHS colleagues. Could you outline any work you are aware of that has happened on this topic since July 2022?

Engagement with trans and gender-diverse Londoners (2)

  • Reference: 2025/1803
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 05 June 2025
In your role as Statutory Health Advisor to the Mayor of London, how do you engage with trans, inter-sex and gender-diverse Londoners to make sure public health policy in London is as inclusive as possible?

Public health measures to protect Londoners given a warming climate

  • Reference: 2025/1802
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 05 June 2025
We are now seeing changes to the London climate that have consequences for Londoners’ health. Could you outline what measures are already underway and will be necessary from a public health perspective to respond to a warming climate?

Coroners Reports to Prevent Future Deaths

  • Reference: 2025/1801
  • Question by: Zoë Garbett
  • Meeting date: 05 June 2025
What work are you and the Mayor doing to: a) track the Reports to Prevent Future Deaths produced by London coroners, b) track the ‘Coroner’s Concerns’ and ‘Action Should Be Taken’ within these reports, and c) track the progress made on these actions and concerns?
Subscribe to