• 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?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, in terms of the General Election result, how do you think it will impact upon policing in London over the next year in particular?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Fiona Twycross AM: In the spirit of noting that Assembly Member Prince and you had that approach whereby people of different parties can actually do business, I just thought it was worth remembering your point about some of the things that [The Rt Hon] Boris Johnson [MP, Prime Minister] committed to when he was Mayor. I am quite concerned about the continued increase in food insecurity in London. That clearly affects Londoners and is a potential for policies from Government as a result of the General Election to continue to see an increase. When the current Prime Minister was Mayor...

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

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, I know you have been campaigning for a long time for a people’s vote, but the great thing about the General Election last week is that it was a people’s vote and the people voted for Brexit. That is a fantastic thing. Over the last six years, people have voted six times for Brexit. People voted for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the European elections in 2014. [They voted] in the referendum in 2015. They voted in the election in 2017 for parties that said they were going to support Brexit...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. Now it looks like Brexit will happen at the end of January [2020]. Your support for EU nationals and their ability to register for settled and pre-settled status has been really welcomed, but what issues have been raised by those seeking advice and have you been raising any difficulties with the Government?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, do you think the Commissioner failed to inform you about her actions because you have demonstrated a lack of interest in maintaining public order and are much more interested in talking about Brexit?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Susan Hall AM: Mr Mayor, I am very concerned because you are not backing the police 100% on this, and it is absolutely the view of many of us that you should be. You talk about lawful protests. 1,600 of them have been arrested. They are causing mayhem on the streets. The only time you start to say, “Well, I am going to get tougher on this” is when they are on one of your trains. The fact is the public took things into their own hands today and pulled somebody off the top of a train and then, I...

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Sian Berry AM: Yes, thank you. Just on the section 14 order, do you know when the last time a city-wide section 14 order was issued in London? Has this ever happened before?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Nicky Gavron AM: Just on the back of that question, I would like to raise an issue. Some of the poorest children and most deprived communities live in areas with very high levels of toxic air pollution and in that context I would just like to say that last week at the International Climate Summit, led by C40 cities, awards were given to cities, seven different categories of awards internationally. The only city in Europe that got an award was London and it received it for its work on air quality. I would like to ask you to accept, the...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, the message that we are all Londoners is of course of much wider resonance than just being aimed at EU citizens, whom we of course value very much. It is about how we keep Londoners united in these very challenging, uncertain times as well. People like Neil Basu, the Assistant Commissioner [MPS], have warned about extremist forces, particularly the far-right extremists that he is very worried about, causing divisions in our communities and in society. This is National Hate Crime Awareness Week as well of course and, after what we saw in Bulgaria, as the...