• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Peter Whittle AM: Carrying on from Assembly Member Arnold, I am not talking about the various initiatives you spoke about earlier, but what are the components of the London Needs You Alive campaign?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Shaun Bailey AM: Let us see if we can change the trend. In your draft London Plan, you give quite a clear indication that you would like to support councils that are using joint ventures (JVs) to deliver on housing because housing is a big issue in London. Lots of councils of all different colours are using JVs to get things done. Is this still the case? Are you still willing to support councils that are looking to use JVs to deliver housing in London?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Susan Hall AM: Mayor, now that you have accepted in your new draft London Plan that fire safety can be a planning issue, will you now agree to review the fire safety of the tower blocks that you have previously approved on a call-in, especially the 17-storey Palmerston Road tower blocks in Harrow, where the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) was not even consulted on the proposals and where there is no commitment to a sprinkler system?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Steve O’Connell AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. Indeed, you talked about local context earlier in your answer to Andrew Boff and I refer you to some announcements with words around protecting green spaces. Can you explain, therefore, why in your new local Plan you are encouraging garden-grabbing?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Nicky Gavron AM: Mr Mayor, I would like to ask you about the draft London Plan, but before I do I want to just say that I really welcome the fact that this Plan is more people-centred. I want to follow up from what Andrew Boff [AM] was saying about another aspect of families living. It is families with children and young people living at high densities. That is what my question is about. I noticed that the draft London Plan is very strong on play policies and they are really good, innovative policies on outdoor play and independent mobility...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Leonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Yes, Assembly Member Russell went down to my constituency to visit Bio Collectors this morning, which I had visited previously. What is really encouraging is that the draft Environment Strategy talks about separating the six main recyclables and encouraging the separation of food waste. The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has made it absolutely clear in all its reports that once people start to separate, the amount goes down. The concern about potential issues relating to the South London Waste Partnership probably is one step behind the possibility of us encouraging...

• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Peter Whittle AM: Mr Mayor, just carrying on from Assembly Member Berry’s point there about homelessness, I would very much like to know your view on this. One thing that has become clear to me from being on the Police and Crime Committee is that rough sleeping, which is a big part of homelessness, comes under the definition of antisocial behaviour, would you believe. It seems to me that this is not an antisocial problem; it is a social problem. Do you think that there is an anomaly there that it actually comes under the same list as - I...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

I have a question on gender-based hate crime. Mr Mayor, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire and Avon and Somerset police forces now officially recognise gender-based hate crime. Nottinghamshire pioneered this recording approach in July 2016. I drew your attention in the form of written questions to Nottinghamshire’s approach in October 2016. You said that you would get your team to monitor the situation. Sarah Newton, giving evidence on behalf of the National Police Chief Council to the Home Office Select Committee earlier this year described this move as, “really innovative” and urged other forces to pick up this good practice. Do you...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

I notice that you did mention that you have been doing some leading by example on this which, obviously, we were very pleased to see, including the publishing of the first GLA gender pay audit last November, though was wondering when you said: “in due course” does that mean that the updated one will be coming out before the end of this month, because obviously it is a year on, so it would be good to see what progress we have made?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

I think the clue in exams is to answer the question. You have not answered the question which was how much will TfL save by pausing the Jubilee and Northern lines. You have just burnt off all my two minutes but nonetheless the question I would ask you is it a pause or is it a cancellation, Mr Mayor?