• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Jennette Arnold OBE AM (Chair): Could you set out the aims and objectives of the draft MALPs document as laid out before the Assembly? How will the alterations address the issues raised by the Assembly and the implications for the London Plan of changes to national policy? You can indicate whether you have touched on some aspects of that and we will then be able to make the link.

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

Gareth Bacon AM: Mr Mayor, that was terribly entertaining, of course. However, to pick up on a couple of points as a prelude to my question, the reason that the nine stations Mr Dismore [Andrew Dismore AM] referred to were off the run is because there was a shortage of officers. It had nothing to do with second appliances. He knows this very well because he put exactly that question to the Commissioner [Ron Dobson CBE QFSM, Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Planning, London Fire Brigade] last week at the Fire Authority and received that answer. He also referred to...

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

Andrew Dismore AM: I would like to move on to the Fire Brigade. [---] Andrew Dismore AM: You have indicated that you intend to direct the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) to cut 13 fire engines, which we do not need to do and we can balance without doing so. Were you aware when you decided to issue that directive that on 6 February 2016 nine fire stations were out of action for an entire shift and five more were off the run for at least two hours due to staff shortages? Of those nine stations, three of...

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

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, on 1 February 2016 City Hall hosted the launch of the Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week, accompanied by the hashtag #ItsNotOk. The launch heard testimony from both female and male victims of sexual violence. Attending that event, as I did, I was therefore encouraged by what you have done in your budget, which is to recognise that there is a need for male victims of sexual violence to have some kind of support in order to encourage them to come forward. That will be welcomed by virtually everybody in that field. However, we...

• 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...