• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

Thank you, Chair. Yes, Mr Mayor, in January [2017] I asked you about the Helmsley Art Centre, which is related to the topic of this question. I did appreciate your answer and you expressed your concern for the businesses that would have to relocate, as Haringey Council was going to redevelop the Art Centre that Assembly Member Whittle and I went to visit. You said you were going to write to Haringey Council. Did you hear anything back?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

With some of the Mini Holland schemes that we just talked about - particularly in Enfield, I know, because some constituents have written to me - there are concerns that putting in cycle lanes on roads that are already quite narrow can lead to an increase in congestion. How are you going to make sure that that does not happen in the future?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

Steve O’Connell AM: Mr Mayor, continuing on the subject of road pricing, I know Caroline [Pidgeon MBE AM] has a question later on the context of the C-Charge, but I am more interested in where road pricing emerged from in your plan because this is something that will be of controversy. I have an understanding around it about congestion; I have an understanding around it about air quality. However, the first point really is: did you use the phrase or commit to or even mention road charging in your manifesto?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

Just a sweeping-up question, Mr Mayor, because I am a bit confused. I have been a Member of the London Assembly for nine years now and my understanding was that in MQT the process was that Members came and they asked the Mayor questions and they received answers. After that exchange, I now think that the process of MQT is that you will only answer questions that are subject to the FOI Act. Is that correct?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 06 July 2017

Steve O’Connell AM: It is 52 seconds. Just referring back to Navin’s [Shah AM] comment again, like other colleagues back in 2011 I was on a front line at Croydon, North End, when things were going very badly. I got a call from a councillor in New Addington saying, “It is going very badly up here”. I called your predecessor, “Can we have some help?” The answer ‑ he is a great guy ‑ was, “We do not have anybody”. That was a very difficult time for all of London. Can you reassure me, my residents and other residents in...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 06 July 2017

Len Duvall AM: I have two very quick questions, Chair. One is just to seek clarity on something you said earlier on about the special grant payments. I realise there are negotiations with the Home Office but for some of our colleagues it may have a bearing on a motion we may put later. What would be the range of money that you would be seeking from the Government to have a discussion on?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 06 July 2017

Thank you. Mr Mayor, how prepared is the MPS for any large‑scale antisocial behaviour incidents?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 06 July 2017

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Mr Mayor, the annual HMIC report for 2016 said: “The police service is not the only public service charged with meeting the needs of vulnerable people, but it is being used increasingly as the service of first resort. This is particularly true in respect of people suffering from mental ill‑health. Until mental health is given the same priority as physical health, in resources including funding, the police will continue to play too large a role in dealing with people with mental health problems.” Given that the MPS last year dealt with something like 51,000 calls for...

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 06 July 2017

Fiona Twycross AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, I wonder if you could say a bit about what steps you are taking to ensure continued collaboration with Europe as a matter of urgency as part of your work on Brexit.

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 06 July 2017

Can I come back to the question of borough mergers, do you consider the Camden and Islington borough merger to have been a success?