• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Tony Devenish AM: I have two questions, the first one for Mr Bellamy. Good morning, David. Yesterday TfL put out a press release where it boasted that there is an extra 19,000m 2 of space in central London for cycling and walking that has been created over the last few weeks, ie I presume there is 19,000m 2 roughly less road space. I am glad you mentioned the point of Saturday and the good news that the pubs are opening on Saturday. Do you worry, as some people have said to me, that Saturday will be a tipping point, where...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: My questions are to start off with to John O’Brien. I want to ask about support for businesses in London, with a particular focus on the restaurant industry. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, as of July last year there were nearly 16,000 restaurants in London employing around 325,000 people. Clearly, the sector has been hit very hard by COVID-19. Data showed in March, before the pandemic had fully hit, that 71% more food and accommodation businesses closed this March than they had in the previous March. John, I wonder if you could...

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Susan Hall AM: My questions really have to be to Fiona and David Bellamy because I would like to ask about the Mayor in particular. What role does he have on the London Transition Board other than to chair it periodically? Which one of you would like to answer me?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

David Kurten AM: Good morning, everybody. My first question would go to David Bellamy. I think you would be the person to answer this, but if you are not you can pass it on. My question is, what remuneration will the members of the London Transition Board and London Recovery Board be receiving for their service?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Caroline Russell AM: My first question is also for John Barradell. The Government was criticised as being slow to act in bringing in lockdown measures earlier this year, and right now we are 48 hours from restrictions easing further. At the same time, we have several countries like Germany, Sweden and France which are showing signs of a second wave of cases, and, worryingly, we have the new lockdown in Leicester. The Mayor on Tuesday sensibly asked for clarity from the Government on local lockdown powers for our city. I understand that London does not currently have powers to bring...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Len Duvall AM: My question is to John Barradell. John, you are not attending this meeting in your role as Chief Executive of the City of London. You have rather a special role in London. What I do not understand - and I have seen various bits in the press - is why we need a Transition Board. What is the real reason for it? I still do not understand. Did something go wrong in the first wave, or is it just this is the best way forward in terms of dealing with the pandemic in this second phase?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Before I move on to supplementary questions, just something which David said in terms of diseases not being over as such. Can I probably pick up with John Barradell as to how London boroughs will implement a local lockdown if required?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

David Kurten AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. There are many things you said in your oral report about what has gone on in the last week and particularly of note was your support for the organisation called Black Lives Matter. I am sure we agree with that as a phrase and of course most people would agree that all lives matter, whether they are black, white, brown or any other colour, but Black Lives Matter is an anarchist and a Marxist organisation that wants to defund the police. As you are in charge of the police in London, why are...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Andrew Boff AM: Thank you. No concerns there, Chair. Will you consider adding social class to the list of those groups that need redress and representation?

• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Peter Whittle AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. I want to ask you about your new Commission on Diversity in the Public Realm. I have looked at your press release. As far as I can see, there are no terms of reference as such formally yet, but I would like to know. Where do you derive the authority to stand in judgement on London and British history? So far as I know it was not in your manifesto. You have never mentioned it before. You mentioned at the very beginning of this that in fact we were in the worst crisis...