• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Shaun Bailey AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Mr Mayor, I would just like to say to you, my good friend’s son was murdered less than a month ago in London. You have said the streets are unsafe for women and girls in London. That is why I continue to speak about crime, because you have been absent when people’s lives have been taken on the streets of London. For you to suggest it is just about politics, for me it is about people’s lives, of the life of a friend, a close friend of mine whose son was murdered...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Steve O'Connell AM: Yes, I have, Chair. I am happy to eat modestly into my remaining time. Very much we should remember Sarah [Everard] and make the streets safer for women in London. Also, I very much comment on the loss of young men in Croydon, as was referred to by Tony Devenish [AM], an awful weekend, Mr Mayor, for Croydon and young people. I have joined in with Unmesh [Desai AM] and others in seeking increased funding for London police. But I would stress, having said all that, that political leadership is about responsibility. You go to Londoners to...

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

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, I really have to ask you this in light of what Assembly Member Devenish has just said. I make no apologies for asking this supplementary question, even though you have already answered it to a large extent. Can you just remind my colleagues across the Chamber of the cuts to the police service that you inherited from your predecessor, including how many police stations he closed? I know you have already done that, but now that he is Prime Minister, we have seen the cuts to police funding from Government continue. The MPS has faced...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: Mr Mayor, you touched on some of the things that I wanted to get to in this follow-up, but you decided to enter into this area of giving Londoners the opportunity for access to cheap, clean and green energy. It is not something that was done by any of your predecessors, who did indeed waste £38 million on a garden bridge that was neither a garden nor a bridge and does not exist. Money has gone into this at this very early stage. It is a new start-up. You decided to do it as a white label...

• Question by: Alison Moore
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, I just wanted to pick up the issue as an outer London person, picking up from Assembly Member O’Connell. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on your plans to support transport in outer London and does this highlight the need for a sustainable long-term TfL funding deal from the Government, perhaps returning the £700 million annual operating grant that [The Rt Hon] Boris Johnson [MP, Prime Minister, former Mayor of London] took away?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Andrew Boff AM: Assembly Member Kurten is following the same old strategy that we have seen in Europe for decades if not hundreds of years: blaming a minority for the problems of the majority. Of course, that also entails coming up with lies and tries to make them plausible. There is no such removal of the words ‘mother’ and ‘breast’ from the NHS. It is not happening. It does not exist. As he well knows, what the NHS is doing is trying to use inclusive language for people in particular circumstances. There is no rewriting of the language. Mothers will...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

David Kurten AM: The question does follow on from some of the earlier points make about the judgment yesterday about the Streetspace scheme. It is disappointing that you are appealing that judgment. What do you say to taxi drivers particularly who are affected very negatively by not being able to drive along Bishopsgate?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Andrew Boff AM: We warned you that the Streetspace scheme at Bishopsgate neglected the interests of disabled people and the High Court has now confirmed this to be the case. When considering the costs of your appeal against the High Court’s judgment, how much more are you willing to spend to neglect the interests of disabled people?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Desai, you are very welcome back. It is good to see you in good health. Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, colleagues. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Mr Mayor, it seems that there has been a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line. An email was sent to your office drawing your attention to the ongoing dispute at British Gas. A central issue is what is called ‘fire and rehire’, where employees are re-employed on worse terms and conditions, and an attack on pension rights. Of British Gas employees, 89% balloted...

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Keith Prince AM: First of all, Mr Mayor, well done in relation to getting more vaccines for London. I applaud that. Thank you. Secondly, the update is supposed to update us on things that have happened since your last report. There was a rather big event yesterday, Mr Mayor, in relation to the court case between TfL and the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) and the United Trade Action Group (UTAG). Perhaps you might like to update us on that?