• 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...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Firstly, Mr Mayor, I would like to thank you and all your teams for all you are doing in providing advice, support and very strong guidance for Londoners. That is very much appreciated. We are all concerned about our colleagues here in City Hall, our families, our friends and our communities. I just want to thank everyone, actually, in this Chamber for working so collaboratively at this time because we have to work together. We have had some recent experience in London of ways to help small and microbusinesses after terrible circumstances disrupt their...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: I have two questions I would like to ask. One you have already touched on. For many people, home can be a place of danger rather than a place of safety. Considering many people are going to be spending so much more time at home for the foreseeable future and there has been this link found between self-isolation and increases in domestic abuse, I am wondering specifically what you are looking to do to provide additional support, particularly when these services are stretched at the best of times?

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

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, I would like to say a few words around rough sleepers. I know it is an area that you are very interested in. I work with probably the country’s largest rough-sleeper group plus also some small ones locally. They have a lot of concerns. I know some of the questions have been answered and I will ask a few specific questions. More importantly, Mr Mayor, do you think that you or your team could provide some kind of single point of contact (SPOC)? Even though I know that a lot of the...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Mayor. Good morning, Dr Twycross. Thank you for your update, Mayor, at this time when we are facing unprecedented public pressure. It is very good to hear your update and understand the level of work that is going on in the GLA and also out in councils. I just want to ask a little question about testing. There was talk about a 10-minute test that will let people know if they have already had the virus and have immunity to it. Is that test available and how many Londoners have been tested?