• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Gareth Bacon AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Mr Mayor, we have had lots of questions about your views on the EU this morning, which is perhaps understandable given the weekend’s events. We have had a few questions on your actual budget as well, which has been good. [---] Gareth Bacon AM: We had a question from Assembly Member McCartney [Joanne McCartney AM] that levelled criticism at the MPS - and therefore you - and alleged various failings, lack of equipment, staff shortages, etc, and another one from Assembly Member Qureshi [Murad Qureshi AM] just now when he asked what...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Murad Qureshi AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, during your time it has been established that premature deaths from toxic air in London have gone from about 1,000 annually to about 10,000. That has been established ‑‑ Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): I must say that that is not proven. Murad Qureshi AM: Can you tell me what your 2016/17 budget is doing to tackle London’s toxic air?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Richard Tracey AM: Mr Mayor, undoubtedly one of the great successes of your last eight years has been transport in London and there are significant parts of the budget to do with transport. Can I ask you one thing. The whole budgeting of TfL itself is tied up with successful operations and being able to run free of industrial disputes. The Night Tube is a classic example of something that has been held up by this constant threat of industrial disputes by the transport unions. When are we going to have some prospect of an end to these?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Jenny Jones AM: Something that came up at the Police and Crime Committee last week was that in spite of road fatalities being higher than murders here in London, the roads unit has only £7 million to investigate these, whereas homicide has £41 million. There are all sorts of changes to our roads happening at the moment. Do you think perhaps that resources to traffic and the roads unit and collision investigation ought to be more of a priority?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. Boris, it is almost 12 months since you invited me to take on the role of Deputy Mayor. Thank you. One of the greatest privileges of that role has been meeting people from all over the world who want to invest in and be a part of our city because they admire it and they want to have a part of that success. I have met senior politicians from China. I have met business start-ups from India and business owners and American football team owners from the United States, thanks, I have to say...

• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Stephen Knight AM: Mr Mayor, your budget before us this morning - and this is a budget meeting, after all - allocates £77.5 million to the London Enterprise Panel. The London Enterprise Panel, which you chair, Mr Mayor, has as its core An Agenda for Jobs and Growth, which was approved at a meeting that you chaired. We were told in this very Chamber, Mr Mayor, that this document was approved by consensus and that you did not object to the fact that the central core of your jobs and growth agenda is around London and the UK’s relationship with...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, this is one of the last meetings we are going to have with you. Last week, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) judged that the MPS on your watch requires improvement. It said that it was failing to investigate crime adequately and to keep people safe. It pointed to the fact that some boroughs lacked basic equipment such as digital cameras to take crime-scene photographs, that there were insufficient detectives and that staff shortages in monitoring offenders were reducing the capacity of the MPS to prevent reoffending. Are you leaving a legacy...

• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Kemi Badenoch AM: My question is for the Mayor regarding the funding for male rape charities. The Conservative Group thoroughly welcomes your commitment to continue the funding for charities that support the victims of male rape and sexual assault, as does the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Survivors UK, Keith Best, who said that he was very grateful and delighted for this funding.

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Mr Mayor, part of your European policy here in City Hall could be described as status quo. You had argued for change but status quo. Yesterday afternoon you changed that position in your role as executive Mayor. In your article today, most of it is spent on structural and political implications. Very little is spent on the impact of leaving the European Union (EU) on the economy and jobs, as well as the financial sector. There have been comments today in the papers and it is a question that needs to be...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. One of the few changes in this final budget is that you say you intend to put an additional £26,000 in funding for male rape and sexual assault services and so it is no guarantee. This is actually £7,000 less than you had awarded in 2014/15. Is this not just a sop to get your Conservative colleagues on board to back your budget?