• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Susan Hall AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Something that definitely has got a negative effect on Londoners’ ability to access the transport network is the vast number of strikes that Londoners have suffered under your Mayoralty. You described 35 strikes under Boris [Johnson, former Mayor of London] as a disgrace. Yet, when you became Mayor, you have had 135 strikes under you. Given you promised zero days of strike and given that you have opposed every Government measure to reduce strikes on public transport, what are your plans to stop the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Mr Mayor I was going to ask you about what measures you are taking to prevent youth violence across London this summer. What you said in your opening statement and your letter to the Prime Minister has addressed my concerns. Instead, can I raise the issue of Notting Hill Carnival, which will soon be upon us, and the policing of the carnival? Presumably, police plans are well advanced and ensure that all Londoners enjoy a safe, secure and friendly carnival.

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Dr Onkar Sahota AM (Deputy Chair): Mr Mayor, just coming back on the question by Assembly Member Desai, there is universal agreement that the police should only be spending their time on policing issues and the fact that they are addressing so many mental health issues is a result of underinvestment over 13 years in the NHS and the NHS is stretched. However, the question that I really have is how this policy is implemented. The issues regarding Humberside are that Humberside was a small city with a small system. London is a much more complex system with much more...

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Emma Best AM: Thank you, Chair. Before that statement, I wanted to lead with the fact that I do not believe, Mayor, that you are stupid, and I do think you are quite politically astute. You pretend to Assembly Member Garratt that you do not understand the difference between not putting universal free school meals in your manifesto and not putting a whole ULEZ expansion across London, which is really going to hit people. To pretend you do not know the difference between those things is just ridiculous. People watching at home will understand that you understand that and do...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Mr Mayor, when you were originally looking at the package of adaptation and mitigation, which is very long for Londoners because we know we are asking people to make a significant change, retrofit was not included. You have been kind enough to describe me as someone who has chivvied you, possibly badgered you to make changes to various policies. I have mentioned retrofit on I do not know how many occasions and it is now included. Would you say that you listen to Londoners and listen to Assembly Members who put forward...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Len Duvall AM: Sorry, did I seem to miss something; that there was a consultation exercise that you undertook that you have to do statutorily? Is that because the Tories do not like the results of the consultation as well?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. We are almost at the end. I am going to take a liberty here. Many of you have turned up anticipating questions which you could answer. Is there any burning issue which you feel we should know about that has not been covered in these questions? It is OK to say no, this is not an appraisal. Dr King.

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Deputy Mayor, good morning. A quick question to back up what my colleague, Assembly Member Best, was saying in regards to Havering in the Superloop. There is going to be no Superloop in Havering and I cannot understand why you would not have one of the outer-lying boroughs in your Orbital Plan. You are going to be deleting two bus routes in Havering, so as a result of the expansion of ULEZ there will be fewer opportunities for my residents to use public transport. We are going to be discussing it at a later...

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you, Chair. If I can turn to Caroline Sheridan from Thames Water, Caroline, the design of homes viz the clever devices that can capture rainwater and use that water, whether it is flushing a loo or watering a garden, and that can really reduce water usage, especially at scale. When we come to an updated London Plan and a new Environment Strategy, can the Mayor do more to reduce the mains water that is used in Londoners’ homes?

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Neil Garratt AM: Hello, again. Two quick things, Seb. Firstly, I wanted to thank you for letting us know where the Mayor was this morning, because he himself did not tell us. In fact, the reason that I bring this up in the way that I do is because he does not even tell us yes or no. The staff who organise these meetings send an email to his office saying, “Will you come along?” He does not even give them the courtesy of a reply. It is not your fault and I am not holding you responsible, but this...