• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Andrew Dismore AM: On the issue of public order, I wrote to you yesterday about the plans of anti-Semitic and far-right groups to hold a rally in Golders Green in January specifically aimed against the Jewish community. It is clearly very provocative and threatening in the wake of what happened in Paris and Copenhagen and the significant rise in anti-Semitic attacks in London over the last year. There has to be a real risk of disorder and violence against Jewish community businesses and the local community. What will you do to try to deal with this, and in particular to...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Steve O’Connell AM: Yes. Thank you very much. Yes, we very much welcome, clearly, Crossrail 2, and I echo Dick’s comments about moving this scheme along. You will be aware that there is a lot of support in the Borough of Sutton and elsewhere for Crossrail 2 to stop at Worcester Park. Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): Yes, indeed. Steve O’Connell AM: There was a very strong campaign around that. With the aspiration to bring the tram to Sutton town centre, which I may touch upon later, it would create a perfect triangle: Worcester Park, Sutton town centre and...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Andrew Dismore AM: Thank you, Chair. Talking about outer London, what do you say about your pledge to the 140 families who were the former residents of Sweets Way in Totteridge, outer London, who were all evicted by Annington Homes in February? They have been scattered to the four winds as far away as Birmingham, Luton and Chingford, all over North London, because of high rents and because of the capricious approach to enforcing their policies by Barnet Council. That is outer London. They have been moved out.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chairman): Yes. Like Nicky Gavron, I am afraid I am disappointed by what appears to be your change of tack. In effect you are making a point that the previous Minister made on this, who said effectively that homes were more important than jobs. There is no point in creating lots of homes if there are no local appropriate jobs for people to go to. Secondly, so far as this is concerned, and I know that it affects my Conservative colleagues and I would have thought it would affect you too, it has been a staple...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. You mentioned earlier that there were measures you are bringing in, many of which may well be welcome, but I recommend the measures in our cross-party Future Proof report, and hopefully you will adopt all of our recommendations. I want to focus on passenger safety, which is absolutely paramount, but I have had it reported to me that there are drivers in London working for this Uber app who are licensed elsewhere; they are licensed in Birmingham and Manchester. They are not licensed by TfL. They do not have the roundel, but they are...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. I, a couple of weeks ago, had a meeting with black cab drivers from Romford who came to City Hall to tell me about their personal experiences, and I ended up giving them a couple of hours because it was an absolutely shattering story, and it is absolutely terrible to see people who are seeing their livelihoods disappear in front of them feel powerless to be able to do anything about it. Next week I am going to go out with them to see enforcement taking place in the West End, such as it...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. Are you aware, Mr Mayor, that the Labour Party has published a shortlist of people whom it wants to consider to stand to be Mayor of London next year? Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): Gosh. Roger Evans AM: That list includes David Lammy, who is the MP for Tottenham, Sadiq Khan, who is the MP for Tooting, and Diane Abbott, who is the MP for Hackney. If any of those people were to become Mayor next year, they would still have four years of their jobs in Parliament to run and so in...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, the Labour Party during the general election campaign was willing to see the National Health Service (NHS) starved of the vital funds that it actually needed and that would really affect Londoners. Can I persuade you to stand up for Londoners for the best excesses of the Government and ensure that that £8 billion that the NHS so vitally needs is there, and perhaps also persuade you, Mr Mayor, that in your final year as Mayor you actually persuade the Labour group here of the value of the NHS to Londoners and that they need...

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Fiona Twycross AM: Thank you, yes. How are you planning to stand up for Londoners on zero-hours contracts, who suffer as a result of the Government’s anticipated £12 billion cuts in social security?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. I was pleased to hear you refer to Abellio Greater Anglia services, which my constituents in Havering and Redbridge have to use to get home from Liverpool Street every evening. The service has been deteriorating quite badly for the last couple of years and this is largely down to poor standard of rolling stock, which is getting old, and poor maintenance. Will you urge MTR, which is now operating the route, to introduce the new rolling stock that is going to be available from Crossrail really as soon as possible so that they can...