• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Mr Mayor, on 25 July there was an item on Crossrail in the private section of the TfL Board, which you chair, as well as the public section. Were any concerns raised? As Simon has outlined, the programme is building up and you are getting concerned. Were any concerns raised there about the possibility of delay in the opening?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, just ten weeks ago, in answer to a Mayoral question (MQ), you stated, “The Elizabeth line remains on course to open as planned in December 2018”. The Commissioner, in the TfL Board report of 25 July [2018] stated, “Crossrail remains on course to open as planned in December”. Sir Terry, on 6 June, when the Transport Committee visited Tottenham Court Road with you, you gave me an absolute assurance that the opening of Crossrail would be in December. You even confirmed the date, Sunday, 9 December when the Queen would be opening...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, when did you last meet with borough leaders over your public health approach to fighting knife crime?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Tom Copley AM: Mr Mayor, is it not true that the number of people sleeping rough in London reduced by 7% in the last year on your watch, after increasing every year and actually doubling during the term of the previous Mayor?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Tony Devenish AM: Mr Mayor, by May 2020, of the Government’s £4.82 billion that you have been given to spend on housing, can you give us an idea of how much you think will be spent and how much will be committed by that date, please?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Steve O’Connell AM: It is fair to try to right some of the comments that Andrew Dismore [AM] made. The Commissioner [of Police of the Metropolis] did respond that preparation would have to be made for the potential of no deal and for the fact that there may be some food shortages, etc, but there was language used by Andrew Dismore [AM] that did not fairly encapsulate the response. Mr Mayor, in the premise that if there is a second referendum vote, which I dearly hope there will not be, we have heard from certain speakers that indeed, mild‑mannered though...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Andrew Dismore AM: Thank you, Chairman. Mr Mayor, have you spoken to the supermarket industry about Brexit Secretary [The Rt. Hon] Dominic Raab’s [MP] suggestion that the stockpiling of food in a no‑deal scenario would be their responsibility?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Tony Devenish AM: Mr Mayor, you have top‑sliced £3 million from this vital budget. If you are going to top‑slice that, can I make a plea that you look at using some of that money embedded with London councils and the boroughs and do not just create a huge bureaucracy in this building, please?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Andrew Boff AM: You stated, Ms Garner, that you have a good relationship with enterprises around the LLDC. When did you last meet with Lance Forman?

• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Tony Devenish AM: Could I ask Lyn, as a regeneration professional what really struck you first when you took over the job and got into the detail this spring?