• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Emma Best AM: I want to address violence against women and girls and start with asking some questions around domestic violence. In 2008, the number of instances of domestic violence in London was 109,835 and by 2016, that had fallen to 73,426. Mr Mayor, in each year of your Mayoralty, incidences of domestic violence in London have continued to rise and today, for the 12 months, it stands at 94,791 cases. Would you agree that domestic violence is an epidemic in London and the upwards trajectory of domestic violence under your Mayoralty is quite startling really, is it not?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: I would like to start with the Commissioner, if I may. Becoming a police officer does convey a certain set of powers, so we need to be certain that the people who are going to exercise those powers are people who are fit and proper to do that and are trained, but also do not hold attitudes that would lead them to use those powers in an inappropriate way. Unfortunately, it is one of the things that women are looking at particularly, but we have also seen previous examples. The [investigation into the] [Stephen] Port murders show...

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Tony Devenish AM: I have three points, please. Firstly, we are almost at Christmas and I want to wish my local BCU Merry Christmas and thank them for all the work they have done during the year. They have been fantastic. On a far darker note, you will have seen the video online this week on Monday night during Hanukkah on Oxford Street, the antisemitism incident. Please make sure you catch these vile people as soon as possible. My third point and my question is, we had a very, very interesting meeting yesterday on the [draft] Police and Crime Plan...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Commissioner, we know that after serious concerns were raised by HMICFRS about a huge backlog in vetting and re-vetting of officers back in around 2018/19, progress has been made. But the Deputy Commissioner told me earlier this month that there are still around 100 officers whose up-to-date vetting status is in question. You accepted that vetting was not conducted correctly in the case of Wayne Couzens, but how can we be certain that you will swiftly implement the recommendations from Baroness Casey’s review and the current HMICFRS investigation into vetting when there have clearly been issues...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Commissioner. Good morning, Mr Mayor. I would like to address my first question to the Mayor. What are you and MOPAC doing to ensure that Londoners have faith and confidence in the police?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. Mr Mayor, I noted your answer to the Chair’s lead-off question, but can I ask you if you can be more specific and use some examples of how your new Police and Crime Plan will address the challenges we face in London today? Looking back, what do you feel are the key achievements of the 2016 to 2021 Police and Crime Plan?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Caroline Russell AM: Commissioner, I know you are aware of the great work going on in Iceland reducing violence and murder. I mentioned it to you informally earlier this year. Between 2005 and 2018, Iceland recorded just 24 murders. Over the same time period, London recorded 1,862 murders. I know Iceland is much smaller than London, but even so, Iceland had 67 murders per million people in that time compared to London’s 210 per million people; that is three times as many in London. I am wondering if you have looked at what police are doing in other countries, particularly...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, it has been shown that there is a link between misogynistic attitudes and extremism. What more work do you think needs to go into deradicalising those with deeply misogynistic views and what are you doing from City Hall in this area?

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Hina Bokhari AM: The LFB does an excellent job of fire safety outreach with businesses and schools. Will you push for similar work for flooding prevention outreach?

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Sem Moema AM: I just want to first start by saying how mortified I am by the conduct of Members today, especially when we had so many people here who had come along to observe this last meeting of the Assembly in this place. It is shameful to those young people who were sitting here today to see a demonstration of democracy and the way that this Assembly has conducted itself, and the way that this meeting has been chaired. With that in mind and in the spirit of the manifesto commitments, I wanted to ask you, Mr Mayor, in...