• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 February 2023

Thank you. I just want to start by recognising that the Fire Commissioner’s openness and honesty has been really appreciated by all of us in the wake of the Culture Review and the acceptance that you have given the 23 recommendations by Nazir Afzal [OBE, Chair, Independent Review into Culture of London Fire Brigade]. You also publicly apologised to Jaden Francois-Esprit’s mum, Linda, out there at the last FREP Committee meeting on Tuesday. However, Linda has said that she still feels that no one has been held accountable for Jaden’s death, and that the full extent of the trauma that...

• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 09 February 2023

London needs you to deliver a brigade that is trusted to serve and protect our city, but with that, we need to have a workplace where all Londoners feel they can work and thrive, regardless of their background. Can you deliver this?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Andrew Boff AM: Yes. You said, Mr Mayor, that you could not be more proud of the work that you have done on rough sleeping. Could you write to me and indicate how much of the funds on rough sleeping come from Government and how much are locally sourced?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Len Duvall AM: You spoke of the plummeting temperatures this week, and of course we are not out of the woods yet; January and February [2023] both also look pretty grim. Combined with an economic cost of living crisis, it will be difficult. Can you also pay tribute to the public sector workers that carry on working during these adverse weather conditions and think about the emergency services, transport workers, local council workers, and postal workers who deliver our services during these difficult times?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Yes, this is about health. Look, I am concerned that we are building new hospitals here, but this is not a back door way for reducing the number of beds in London. The real issue we have is the number of beds and that the hospital rebuilding programme is not used to cut the number of beds in London, because we have the lowest number of beds in Europe for the population we have. The reason I came to London Assembly was to run a campaign against the closure of [hospitals in] West London. I hope...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Chair, yes. I will rush this question, I am not sure how much time I have left. Mr Mayor, the Jewish community press today has expressed anger over the police dropping investigations into two appalling anti‑Semitic incidents, one in central London and one in Golder’s Green. We now know that although the Commissioner [of Police of the Metropolis] told us yesterday that the investigation was continuing, it has actually been dropped. We talked about trust and confidence earlier in this session. This does not help rebuild trust. Will you urgently look into this matter and get the...

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. You said earlier, quite rightly, that as a result of certain actions small businesses will have to pay the price, and we have seen from the report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) that indeed if you were to introduce the ULEZ later next year, up to one in five small businesses will be directly impacted by that and many will choose to leave London or indeed close. Do you think that is an acceptable price to pay?

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. You might remember, funnily enough, I asked you about the Jacobs report in July [2022] and you did not seem very familiar with it. However, in June I asked you, “What should somebody do if they cannot afford the £12.50 daily ULEZ charge that you are imposing, and they cannot afford a new car, but they do need their car to get around?” and your response, I am sure you will remember, in June, was that they should fill in your consultation, which is what we have just been talking about. Since June...

• Question by: Peter Fortune
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Peter Fortune AM: Thank you, Chair. With respect, what is stressing the Conservatives is the notion that many Londoners’ voices have been squashed. That is what the concern is. Mr Mayor, referring back to the report that was in The Telegraph, can I ask, have you seen or been briefed on the results of the consultation?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Léonie Cooper AM: Yes, thank you very much, Chair. It is just on the point of transparency. I am not sure that any consultation has ever been released before the full analysis has been done. I do not remember that happening. However, in terms of the point on transparency I just wanted to raise with you, which obviously seems to be stressing the Conservatives in the Chamber today, I am thinking back to very shortly after when you were elected in May 2017. On 17 May, you published a report that you found when you arrived in City Hall that...