• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Shaun Bailey AM: Mr Mayor, on 7 February [2020] 97% of Unite bus drivers voted to strike over fatigue and safety. A week later, you announced that bus drivers would receive an extra £34 million in bonuses. How many more trade unions can expect this kind of hush money?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Susan Hall AM: Mr Mayor, there is real growing local support and a very positive campaign from the splendid Elliot Colburn MP [for Carshalton and Wallington]. Will you start to seriously consider the extension of the Overground from West Croydon to Sutton?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Keith Prince AM: First of all, Mr Mayor, thank you for attending the Haven House event last week. It was very gracious of you to come along to that. Continuing on black cabs, one of the big issues of course is around The Knowledge and the massive drops we have seen in the number of black cab drivers doing The Knowledge. I have actually seen advertising for people to do The Knowledge, which is something I have never seen before. What can we do about that, Mr Mayor? What plan do you have to do about it?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, you quite rightly alluded to the very important subject of the number of social and council homes that were being built in London. If you are that concerned, why has it taken so long for you to appoint a Deputy Mayor for Housing? Could you let us know when that appointment will take place and whether or not you have any particular people in mind?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, you have postponed signalling on the Piccadilly line, you have screwed up Crossrail and Londoners are yet to be persuaded there any of the changes you have done on the bus network have benefited them. Every other project you appear to have inherited from your predecessor and, basically, you are not getting the kind of progress that is required. Londoners want to know what on earth you have done over the past three and a half years. What have you done, Mr Mayor?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Shaun Bailey AM: Firstly, thank you, Assembly Member Gavron, for your contribution. It was very moving and it reminds me of my time at Yad Vashem and hearing those very personal stories of how families were destroyed and then relating it to the situation we have here in London as well, speaking to some of my friends in the Jewish community. I just have a quick, short question for the Mayor. The funding is welcome. Are you going to try to repeat the fund and keep it going or is it a one‑off?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Andrew Dismore AM: What is your message to EU citizens living in London who are concerned about their future post‑Brexit? Is it not the case that the Government intends to introduce a points‑based immigration system primarily based on high rates of pay, and what impact do you think this will have on services and industries in London that rely on hard‑working EU citizens, for example the National Health Service (NHS), which is under tremendous strain? University College London Hospital (UCLH) has 15% of its staff coming from other EU citizens, Royal Free Hospital 14% and Camden and Islington 13%. As...

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Susan Hall AM: Mr Mayor, coming in on the back of my colleague, who is completely right, staffing costs at City Hall are going up to £65 million. That is double what it was in Boris Johnson’s [MP] last year, double, and quite frankly people out there are far more interested in being kept safe. It is down to you to make sure that the MPS can keep them safe and looking at the figures, they are not being kept safe. You should be looking at where you are spending your money because I would say to you people do...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much. A very quick intervention requiring a very quick answer, Mr Mayor. I was going to say, “Is there an election this year in London?” but the question that I need to put to you: in that report that was earlier indicated by the Assembly Member, that was only a very small proportion of resources allocated by the GLA under your mayoralty to outer London. Is that right? Is it about a third of the spending? I might have that wrong but in my mind I think it is there. There is two‑thirds still...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Len Duvall AM: Mr Mayor, I am not sure if Members fully understand why we cannot put a fares freeze on those Travelcards. Can you just explain? If I have it right, my understanding is it is not in your control or TfL’s control and if it was in your control we might well consider it in terms of extending the benefits of a fare freeze. Is that right? Is that correct?