• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 22 June 2016

Andrew Dismore AM: I was going to ask you about broadband. Do you agree that access to high‑speed broadband is vital to London and Londoners, especially for those people who have to work from home because it reduces demand on public transport and other services?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 22 June 2016

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Firstly, can I say that I very much welcome this evidence-led review into London security and endorse everything that you just said in your answer to Assembly Member Kemi Badenoch. As you know, I have already written to you regarding my views about this review, the terms of reference and so on. I must also say that I am a bit confused by the bizarre line of questioning that we just heard. Surely, how can you predict the outcome of a review until you actually have the review itself? That is precisely the...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 22 June 2016

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, do you know how many per cent of all residential property transactions went to foreign buyers?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 22 June 2016

Tom Copley AM: Thank you, Chair. I can first of all echo Assembly Member Whittle’s thanks to you for your response following the attack and for your presence at the vigil on Old Compton Street. It was much appreciated, I know, by a great many people. I want to ask you about hate crime. We know that hate crime against LGBT people is on the rise, but we also know that it is significantly under-reported. What can you do as Mayor to encourage people to report these crimes?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 25 May 2016

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, your previous exchange with the Labour Group has introduced you to the idea that your predecessor discovered, which is that just because some people are playing for the same team it does not necessarily mean that we will not tackle you occasionally. Can I just ask, on your audit that you referred to in your report, could you provide me with a list of what data was revealed in your audit of 16 May 2016 that was not in the public domain when you made your election pledges?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 25 May 2016

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Mr Chairman. Congratulations, Mr Mayor, on your election. I just have a few other points to make about the Garden Bridge as well, if I may. You referred to your decision to continue with the Garden Bridge in financial terms, but I wonder if you can comment on some of the issues that are non-financial, which are of great concern to Londoners, particularly the fact that the views along the Thames Path may be blocked and destroyed by the construction of the Garden Bridge. Also, the residents of the Coin Street community, which is very...

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 25 May 2016

Keith Prince AM: I also put on record that I very much look forward to working with you to help the residents of our great city. On 2 February 2016 you said, Mr Mayor, “As Mayor what I’d do is to roll up my sleeves and make sure that I’m talking to everyone who runs public transport to make sure there are zero days of strike.” Would you like to take this opportunity, Mr Mayor, to withdraw that commitment to Londoners or underline it?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 25 May 2016

Tom Copley AM: Thank you very much, Chairman, and congratulations to you, Mr Mayor. I do not envy the position you find yourself in on the Bridge, given your predecessor’s lust for vanity projects. However, like Assembly Member Eshalomi, I remain unconvinced that this project should go ahead. Taxpayer funding has been mentioned. Are you sure that once the construction of the Bridge goes ahead, there is no chance the Trust is going to run out of money and will come to you, cap in hand, for taxpayer funding? Are you sure that once shovels go into the river or...

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 25 May 2016

Florence Eshalomi AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. I welcome your commitment in terms of making sure that there is more transparency on the Garden Bridge, but I have to say that I am still yet to be convinced that this is the best use of money. For me, it is primarily a tourist attraction, not a transport scheme. I think it is quite telling that, despite the claim that it is going to promote wildlife and biodiversity, not a single environmental charity has signed up to the project yet. Can you tell me that if it is going ahead, Mr...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr Mayor, for clarifying in answer to Assembly Member Kurten’s question that your ambitions for modal shift will lead to reductions in that traffic aspect. I want to bring you back to a question around devolution. I, like you, share the aspirations of devolution, but there are limitations to it. Your ambition for Healthy Streets, if we devolved some of the TfL budget for that and left it to the boroughs, would not happen, Mr Mayor. Would you agree with me that there are limits to devolution of those issues if...