• Reference: 2025/1741
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What groups, symbols, and/or ideologies do the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) detail in any educational or awareness programmes and literature relating to Prevent or other counter terrorism and anti-extremism work? Could you provide me with the material that the MPS shares with partners including schools, NHS trusts, charities and other bodies that documents these groups, symbols, etc?

• Reference: 2025/1740
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

It has been reported in the news recently that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) will be transferring Safer Schools Officers (SSOs) into neighbourhood teams. Could you tell me: a) what role police will now play around schools, b) share with me any job or role descriptions for children and young people focused roles that might be replacing SSOs, such as Dedicated Ward officers (DWO) with a children and young people focus, and c) if the points system around SSOs mentioned in publicly available Hackney council papers from 11 September 2024 is now being used London-wide, and if not what the...

• Reference: 2025/1739
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Six organisations (Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) co-ordinating the demonstrations calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza recently wrote you a letter dated 28 March asking for an urgent meeting to discuss policing of protest. They are yet to receive a response. Will you commit to meeting with signatories of the letter?

• Reference: 2025/1738
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

On 31 March 2025, the Friends and Family of Heklina wrote to you and the Home Secretary in relation to investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) into the death of the US drag artist Heklina. Earlier this year, the MPS apologised for its failings in the investigation into Heklina’s death. The investigation has been marred by constant delays, a lack of communication with Heklina’s next-of-kin, and multiple changes of personnel. The letter includes four demands related to Heklina’s death and homophobia in the MPS. Will you respond to the letter and work with the MPS to take actions on...

• Reference: 2025/1737
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Given the very high PM 2.5 pollution episode on 09 and 10 March 2025 that necessitated a public health warning from London Air, what progress is London making towards your aim of reaching the WHO limits by 2030, and will episodes like this reduce or stop happening if you reach your current aims?

• Reference: 2025/1736
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What steps have each organisation within the GLA Group (TfL, GLA, MOPAC , London Fire Brigade, LLDC and OPDC) taken to embed the circular economy in their procurement, and what steps have they taken to train and guide those purchasing for them in how to avoid buying single use products and use local suppliers?

• Reference: 2025/1735
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

If it is now possible to fell a tree as significant as the Whitewebbs Oak and have no legal repercussions, are you satisfied that there is enough funding and support available to councils to monitor and protect London’s ancient trees?

• Reference: 2025/1734
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

In April the Met Police decided to take no further action in the investigation into the felling of an ancient oak in Enfield. Is it acceptable to you that the felling of an ancient oak can have no criminal repercussions unless it has very specific legal protections?

• Reference: 2025/1733
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What steps have each organisation within the GLA Group (TfL, GLA, MOPAC , London Fire Brigade, LLDC and OPDC) taken to identify forever chemicals such as PFAS in products they procure, and what steps have they taken to document their use and reduce the money spent on them?

• Reference: 2025/1732
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

It is proposed in some changes to airspace to steepen glide paths, change numbers of flights and alter the flightpaths of planes in London airspace. How will these changes impact the aviation elements of your LEGGI monitoring of climate change causing pollutants?