• 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?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 02 March 2016

Andrew Boff AM: Could you tell me to what extent you have made opportunities for smaller developers to build something on the Olympic site?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 02 March 2016

Len Duvall AM: Chair, can we move to some of the issues around skills? You have a reasonable record on this. Can you tell us what lessons over the last four years you have had that you have learnt about delivery in the skills area?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 02 March 2016

Andrew Dismore AM: In answer to Fiona [Fiona Twycross AM] and others, you again went back to the issue of transparency and I would like to come back to the West Ham deal. I have here a copy of the West Ham concession agreement, which I assume you have read. [--] Andrew Dismore AM: This is the redacted copy. I do not understand, for example, why in section 28 your arrangements for the police are redacted. Presumably, that is something that we can get from the police anyway. If you look at this document, page after page after page is...

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 02 March 2016

Tom Copley: If I could turn to housing, to what extent could global financial uncertainty affect the affordable housing totals for the remaining neighbourhoods on the Olympic Park?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 02 March 2016

Fiona Twycross AM: Thank you. I wanted to ask a bit more about the LLDC’s financial resilience and the risks. You have alluded to risks and they have been raised by others. What risks do you believe a global economic downturn would pose to the LLDC and its priorities for delivery?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 02 March 2016

Richard Tracey AM: Gentlemen, can you enlighten me? Is there some overlap between you and the Lee Valley Authority?