• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning, Fiona and Andy, it is great to have you join us. It is so important that you have both already mentioned the Grenfell tragedy, a nightmare for many, but a reality for the residents who are still waiting for justice. It is a pertinent conversation to frame the rest of the discussion today about building safety. I wanted to start off by asking you, Fiona, specifically, what fire safety measures have been introduced into the planning system and how are they improving safety for Londoners?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Just briefly, I want to back up the points that Assembly Member Duvall has made with my own words. In the midst of all this mess, it would be good if at least someone were to hold themselves to account in a way that is consistent with at least one of the Nolan Principles of Public Life. For this to be a Member of the Assembly would do us all credit. Do you agree, Mr Mayor?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, the Government was defeated in the House of Lords by an amendment calling for the introduction of misogyny as a hate crime. Sadly, since then, we have heard the Deputy Prime Minister say that the Government plans to vote down this amendment in the House of Commons. Are you surprised that the Government and the Prime Minister continue to be so set against the introduction of this measure to better protect women? A yes or no answer will suffice. What more can you do as Mayor to support this particular cause?

• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Elly Baker AM: Thank you, Chair. Thanks, Mr Mayor, for your updates around Omicron and TfL funding. I would like to ask about the interaction of these two crucial things. As we know, TfL is uniquely dependent on fares income since the removal of the operating grant. Can you provide us with an update on Tube and bus ridership since the rise of Omicron, and how this might impact on TfL’s income?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Tony Devenish AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. You talked about the TfL bailout in your statement and you cried wolf as usual. There is a deal on the table, but my question to you is: why did you tell the Evening Standard 35 minutes ago that you are making changes to the Congestion Charge, and not this Assembly?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Mr Mayor, I want to come in on the issue of how to best protect Londoners from the Omicron strain, which is the dominant virus in London now. Increasing vaccine rates, increasing the uptake of boosters and adhering to public health messages are vital to stop the spread of the Omicron variant. Infection rates in this country, as you said, are over 78,000 cases per day, and 19,000 of them are in London, and hospital admissions will surely follow, just like night follows day. The proportion of the population without a single jab is three times...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Caroline Russell AM: Hello, Mr Mayor. You mentioned 19,000 cases in the last 24 hours, which really shows the scale of the impact of this very transmissible Omicron variant. I realise you do not run the booster programme, but your Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) was very effective in the first waves of the pandemic in making sure that things worked in London across every borough. Wherever anyone lived in London, they were looked after, they got a similar experience. I just wonder what role the SCG is playing in coordinating this latest response so that, whichever borough you live in...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Can I firstly say that I welcome everything that you said so far, especially calling in the Inspectorate to look into what went wrong. Can I also say that the inquest jury’s verdict is a vindication of the efforts of the families who lost loved ones, the families of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor. I pay tribute to them. Mr Mayor, this was a really awful incident in my constituency, which has understandably damaged the trust of the LGBTQ+ community in London. What conversations are you having, if any...

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Tony Devenish AM: Mr Mayor, if it is all going so well in housing delivery, why is Lord Bob Kerslake reviewing your lack of delivery?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: You referred to your 12 years on the planning committee, which was actually in Wandsworth, part of my constituency. I probably do not really need to remind you of the situation there, but from 1979 onwards the local council was very committed to house sales and, in fact, had priority group sales areas, which were found to be illegal by the district auditor. An awful lot of properties were sold off over the years, so there is a great number of leaseholders. Also, there have been a huge number of blocks built along the river frontage for...