• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Tony Devenish AM: Good morning, Deputy Mayor Copley. On what date will you have finished all 116,000 affordable homes that you were meant to have started five years ago?

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Siân Berry AM: My questions are to the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development. I have two issues to raise with you about the more ground‑up activities under your remit. First of all, the London Housing Panel was set up in 2019 to provide London’s voluntary and community sector organisations with a structured forum to consider housing issues and engage in dialogue with the Mayor, the Assembly and other decision makers. You have said now, just two years later, that it will have its funding removed next March [2022]. I want to ask today whether you would reconsider this...

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Hina Bokhari AM: Shared ownership has been a key part of London’s housing and planning model for the last two decades. Today I want to ask questions about how it is working for ordinary Londoners. I will start by asking Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe about planning for shared ownership homes in mixed developments. There were widespread reports recently of residents enjoying the world’s first swimming pool suspended between two buildings at the Embassy Gardens development in Wandsworth. However, the benefits of this facility are not equal as the shared owners in the building are not allowed to access it. This...

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Mr Mayor, one of the things we have learned is that your inner London zone has improved the air quality about 30%, and the air quality report on the Silvertown Tunnel was put out to public inquiry, which was not challenged. What lessons can we draw from that?

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Hina Bokhari AM: Mr Mayor, in terms of key decisions, my big concern is around the economy and employment, and how we can better support the older Londoners who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. What will you do to improve the training and reskilling of Londoners over 40 and 50 and support their access to adult education to get back into the workplace?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Susan Hall AM: A very quick one, please, for Andy Roe. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has identified several areas for improvement and I will talk to you at length about those another time. One, though, is providing practical training exercises at high-rise buildings for incident commanders and so on. You have mentioned 8,000 high-rise buildings in London. Can you tell me, have you at least sorted out that particular issue that the HMICFRS were concerned about?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Len Duvall AM: I have question to the Mayor about TfL vulnerabilities in the funding agreements. Is this the same Secretary of State [for Transport] who supports Land Transport Authorities (LTAs), Safe Spaces and cycling lanes, who tells you that they want you to continue doing that? Is this the same Secretary of State who is a bit confused because he is unclear about congestion charging and whether he supports a ULEZ on clean air, despite saying he supports clean air and he wants to do that? Is that the same Secretary of State that Assembly Member was referring to...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Neil Garratt AM: I have a question for the Mayor about the outer London boundary charge, which has come up as part of TfL’s financing question. You will be aware that the Secretary of State [for Transport] has said that he opposes it and would try to block it. You are probably also aware that it is not very popular with residents across London. I have spoken to residents outside London who, not surprisingly, are also very against it. Are you still committed to pursuing that as an option for TfL’s financing?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Tony Devenish AM: My question is for the Commissioner of TfL, Andy Byford. In the last year, bus services have been a major component of keeping us safe while being transported in London. Do you have any particular changes in mind? What worked well and what did not work well during the crisis?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 10 June 2021

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioners. Can I address my first question to Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House? Two weeks ago, I raised the prospect with the Mayor of an increase in violence as we came out of lockdown. As we saw, I elevated Hyde Park as a particular flashpoint that I felt needed looking at. Unfortunately, I was correct, and everybody saw the social media post of a young man being chased, attacked, and ultimately stabbed. What work is being done to specifically keep our public areas safe as we emerge from lockdown and we...