• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Following on from Assembly Member Eshalomi MP’s question, as TfL have direct responsibility for the black cab trade, as you know, will you be able to offer support to them? Clearly, following your very wise statement earlier that people should stop travelling, these people are all self-employed and will suffer greatly from these measures.

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Florence Eshalomi MP AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. You have touched on it earlier but one of the issues that I wanted to pick up on is around the tourism and hospitality industries, which are being hit quite hard around this outbreak. I am talking about the area that I represent along the South Bank. They should be looking forward to a thriving spring and summer in terms of tourism at organisations like the London Eye, the Southbank Centre, which is really close, the National Theatre, the Old and the Young Vic and the historic Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Can you...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to thank you, Mr Mayor, as others have this morning, for the clarity of your messaging and taking a lead on behalf of London and Londoners, but some people have been more severely impacted already than others. Perhaps some are still being slightly irresponsible and do need to be reminded about that, but we also have to have concern for those who are already having impacts. In certain cases, if people are self-isolating or are themselves sick, in the context of London where weekly rent is way more than statutory sick...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Andrew Dismore AM: Thank you, Chair. This is probably for Fiona. What steps has the LFB put in place to maintain acceptable response times and fire safety work through the pandemic? If an operational firefighter catches the virus, it is very likely others from the same watch and indeed from the same station will also be affected as operational personnel spend so much time in close proximity to each other. Similar risks will apply to control and civilian staff. What measures are you introducing for fire stations, control and LFB headquarters to resist the spread of the disease and how...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, on Monday I was in Paris and witnessed the slightly different approach of both Governments in response to the crisis. In Paris all the restaurants, cafés and meeting places were shut by order. It was not just a recommendation. It was an instruction. If you walked to City Hall this morning, you will have noticed that a lot of restaurants are still open. Pubs are doing not very good trade, but they are trading all the same. I know that the Barking Wetherspoon is doing rather well. When do you expect the police being expected...

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Susan Hall AM: Mr Mayor, I am really happy and grateful to hear your support for the Government and everything that the Government is doing to deal with this dreadful situation. Now is certainly not a time for politics and we all around this table certainly agree with that. I speak for my colleagues when I say all of us will do anything we can to support you and Londoners out there. One of the things I am particularly concerned about is that last year the figures came out and about 5.3 million people did not use the internet or...

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Tony Devenish AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor, and thank you for the consensual way you have dealt with things this morning. I have two points and I do not expect answers now. You will want to reflect on these. How, if at all, can we use London’s parks and open spaces to support the approach, while including social distancing? That would be my first question, please. The second one: in due course, can we look at restarting as quickly as possible at least priority written mayoral questions to ensure there is a process in place?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Joanne McCartney AM: Mr Mayor, you referred earlier to the emergency legislation that is being passed this afternoon in Parliament. It may be that it is needed, but in your role of Commissioner for Police you also have to ensure that the public trust is retained. It is going to be extremely difficult for Londoners to experience a level of policing and enforcement that we are not used to but also it is likely to be extremely difficult for those police officers and that relationship could be in danger of changing and that trust. Have you given thought yet or...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor, Deputy Mayor. Mr Mayor, firstly, can I start off by thanking you and your team on behalf of all my councils and constituents in City and East for everything that you are doing in the present times. Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you. Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, you have already been asked by Assembly Member Bailey about your liaison with the Commissioner [of Police of the Metropolis]. Do you have anything else to add to what you already said to him about how you and the Commissioner are...

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Siân Berry AM: I just wanted to thank you also, Mr Mayor, for the clarity of the guidance that you gave earlier today. It is really clear. People need to hear as clearly as possible from their leaders that they need to be following the stay-at-home guidance and that this will save lives. Thank you for that. I wanted to ask you about flexibility within some of the potential budget money that we have within London. In my local borough, we are doing things like, for example, planning to release Community Infrastructure Levy money to help with building up networks...