• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Emma Best AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. I am glad to hear your focus on involving local communities and I hope that continues during your current term. One thing you will know in your role as Chair of TfL is the station developments proposed, and that many of them have been deeply unpopular. I wonder specifically what you are doing with those developments and those schemes to involve local communities in strategic planning and to encourage them to engage in that process.

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Nicholas Rogers AM: Mr Mayor, on the subject of equality in the LFB, the LFB’s own research found that two thirds of its LGBT staff did not feel comfortable disclosing their identities at work. Do you find this acceptable? If not, what are you doing to improve it?

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Sem Moema AM: On the same topic, a new report was published today by the Runnymede Trust and it shows that Black ‑‑ I am sorry. Am I boring you? Andrew Boff AM (Chair): I do beg your pardon. Sem Moema AM: Thank you. Black communities in London and across the UK face inequalities in all aspects of life and that includes healthcare, education and, as Assembly Member Bailey has raised, as the victims of crime. The report is a submission to the United Nations Commission on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and it is a follow-up from a report...

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Emma Best AM: If I could come back in, the Mayor and I share a common desire to clean up air quality. I live basically on top of the A406 and feel the trouble of this more than most. We also share a common desire, I would hope, to make sure that cleaning up air quality does not fall on the poorest Londoners and those who are most vulnerable. I would ask the Mayor again how to how he justifies refusing any exemptions for disabled Londoners who need a car and cannot easily replace their new one. Will he look...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: I am a bit surprised that Assembly Member Best has not mentioned that she is actually against the expansion of the ULEZ in her questioning to you, Mr Mayor. Looking at the figures, under Assembly Member Russell’s leadership the Environment Committee produced a report, Clearing the Air: Pollution in London, which showed that by far the biggest polluter is traffic and the levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter at schools. Even in areas like Waltham Forest, where I believe Assembly Member Best has an interest, there is 55% NOx at primary schools and it comes...

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Zack Polanski AM: Just to pick up on that, Mr Mayor, I am aware that this facial recognition at the moment disproportionately affects people from ethnic minorities and particularly Black women. Will you give a guarantee that it will be banned or avoided until those measures are met and private companies can use it safely?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: I noticed Assembly Member Bokhari was referring to the report done by the Environment Committee on single-use plastic water bottles from when I was the Chair. I was very pleased to see the water fountain programme that followed the work that we have done in that Committee. Referring to the points that you were making about the GLA group moving forward on this, we went through that process and a lot of other companies might be considering it. Have we been able to advise other companies on how to approach de-plasticising their office environments? One of the...

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 24 June 2021

Krupesh Hirani AM: To really target the Mayor on this particular issue as well, given the track record of the Government over the last decade of austerity and the impact on disabled people, we have had the changes to the Employment Support Allowance and changes to the disability benefits from the Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payments, which have left disabled people without support despite not seeing any changes in their circumstances. Also, we have seen people being declared fit for work despite being on their deathbeds, and the changes to social care and the cuts to the NHS...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 24 June 2021

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. In your manifesto, you pledged to increase the number of employers accredited to the Good Work Standard. The number of employers is very low. When will we see an ambition to raise this? How are you going to go about raising the number of employers who are signed up to this scheme?

• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 24 June 2021

Elly Baker AM: Mr Mayor, your submission to the October 2020 spending review included the creation of a national £1.5 billion clean air fund to enable cities to fairly implement clean air zones and tackle emissions, including through vehicle scrappage and retrofit schemes. In terms of funding for London, it is proposed that this should at the very least match the existing £52 million scrappage scheme in the capital. What response have you received from the Government on this, and would it be better for the funding to come from central government instead of using the GLA’s business rate reserves?