• 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?

• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

Peter Whittle AM: I am very pleased to hear about your efforts to reduce waste and rubbish in London. Can you add to it, please, that EU flag that is still flying outside? You have two weeks to do it in. Come on. Get it down. Put it in the dustbin.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, can you honestly say that your junk food advertising ban is working?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Keith Prince AM: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. On the theme of honesty, in all honesty, Mr Mayor, are you satisfied with the state of TfL’s finances?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, in your answer to Assembly Member Bailey, you made reference to cuts to the grant to the police service in London from the Home Office, but we all know that that has been mitigated by an increase in retained business rates that you have. Why did you not make any mention of that and why have you not used the increase in retained business rates that you have, which you can spend on anything, to maintain police numbers as they were?