• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Can I go on the clock because I want to speak on this? Mr Mayor, you will be aware of the London Councils’ submission and, in asking you a question on this, I recognise what Government is having to do and balance some of those issues, and in some ways that is where some of the inequities come into it in terms of the fairer funding issue. It seems to me that we are denying, or the Government is not recognising, that deprivation and housing costs, particularly here in London, are as...

• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Alessandro Georgiou AM: Mr Mayor, US tourists and US business are some of the most vital lifelines for London’s economy, making us an international city. Our current ambassador is Lord Peter Mandelson [former British Ambassador to the US]. You appointed Len Duvall AM (Chair): No, he is not. Alessandro Georgiou AM: I know you are laughing about the best pal of a paedophile. Why are you laughing, Mr Mayor? Best pal of a paedophile. Anyway, we will move on. You appointed Lord Mandelson to your business board, even after it transpired later on that Labour Lord Mandelson was the best...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning. We were talking about London being a successful international city and we remain the third most visited by international visitors of any city in the world. Quite what our visitors this week are making of the union-induced transport chaos is anyone’s guess, but an important part of being a successful international city is the hospitality industry to welcome and feed and help those people enjoy their time here. Over the summer, we have seen continued job losses thanks to Labour’s jobs tax, with 90,000 jobs lost in hospitality across the UK. We know that many...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. How are you? Given the importance of housing to London’s competitiveness, how concerned are you about the collapse in housebuilding in London? We have had only 2,158 private houses across the whole of London for the first half of 2025.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): Mr Mayor, on the central London issue, did you consult with disabled groups prior to the announcement of the car-free day on Oxford Street for more than an hour before the issuing of your press release?

• Question by: Thomas Turrell
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Thomas Turrell AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Mr Mayor. On the subject of TfL projects and their funding, you might have seen a couple of weeks ago that Neil Coyle, the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, recently produced a report saying that to fund the Bakerloo line extension (BLE) to Hayes and Bromley, you should create a mayoral development corporation (MDC) specifically to build on Bromley’s Green Belt. Could I ask you to rule that out?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): Mr Mayor, in your approach to private rents, will you be taking any advice from Jas Athwal MP?

• Question by: Bassam Mahfouz
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Bassam Mahfouz AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Mr Mayor. You talked about the selective licensing scheme and the change that is going to come about through what the Government is proposing, moving the power to sign off from the Secretary of State to you, which is very welcome. Those selective licensing schemes are making sure that we are raising the bar in terms of what quality properties should look like across the capital, which is good to see. As part of the work that we did on the [London Assembly GLA] Oversight Committee, talking to other global cities...

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Emma Best AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. There has already been talk this morning of 50,000 crimes reported at police front desks, you yourself seem to be focussing on that. We know that does not even account for a fifth of visits to police stations. Do you have the statistics now on how many people visit the police stations you are looking to close?

• Question by: Alex Wilson
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Alex Wilson AM: Thank you, Chair. Policing by consent relies upon the police being rooted in the community and these front counters and the buildings have a fundamental part to play in that. I have had more correspondence on this than any other issue since being elected to the Assembly last year and I am sure other members have had a similar volume of correspondence. The response to this issue shows in many ways exactly where some of your priorities really are. The fact that you are spending over £25 million over the next three years to decarbonise police buildings...