• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 03 June 2015

Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. I am very glad to hear that neither of you feels complacent about this issue. There were 188 knife crime injuries in the two boroughs that I represent [Lambeth and Southwark] in the last year and so clearly something is happening. There was an increase in the injuries. With the end of the old knife crime strategy, we all are looking for an initiative and a new pressure and a refreshing of the pressure on knife crime. The Commissioner talked at the Police and Crime Committee about the impact of drugs and alcohol and...

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Victoria Borwick AM MP: A quick question. If I may just take you back to the other question that Murad [Qureshi AM] asked about taxis and being emission-free, can you just confirm that that is going to apply to all vehicles that that ply for hire?

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Victoria Borwick AM MP: A quick question. If I may just take you back to the other question that Murad [Qureshi AM] asked about taxis and being emission-free, can you just confirm that that is going to apply to all vehicles that that ply for hire?

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Victoria Borwick AM MP: A quick question. If I may just take you back to the other question that Murad [Qureshi AM] asked about taxis and being emission-free, can you just confirm that that is going to apply to all vehicles that that ply for hire?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Thank you Madam Chair. Mr Mayor, can I pursue with you the ramifications of this Supreme Court judgment about air quality. As has been touched on already, clearly Heathrow is a major offender, not simply with the area around Heathrow and the traffic that it generates, but also the amount of pollution that the aircraft throw out as they fly over London. Do you think that the Government is now going to be bound to take action over this Supreme Court judgment? Have you asked it whether it is seeking counsel’s advice on this judgment? It clearly...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Nicky Gavron AM: Yes. Good morning. I agree with Assembly Members Jones and Qureshi that we need to expand the ULEZ and I am glad you are now considering that but we cannot wait. There are some measures that we absolutely have to have very, very soon. It is not just cars. I want a bit of a preamble; only one question. It is not just cars that use roads. It is schoolchildren. It happens to be National Walk to School Week. All over London now, more and more children are walking to school. It is a great initiative. However...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Murad Qureshi AM: Mr Mayor, it was not only the adjudication of the Supreme Court over purdah that looked at your efforts on air quality in London. It was also the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and it upheld ‑‑ Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): The which? Murad Qureshi AM: The Advertising Standards Authority. It upheld a complaint made against you and TfL in your ULEZ consultation, where you said the proposal would halve all air pollutants. They found in favour of the complaint. As a result, can you confirm whether TfL is appealing against this ASA ruling and thus...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Andrew Dismore AM: On the issue of public order, I wrote to you yesterday about the plans of anti-Semitic and far-right groups to hold a rally in Golders Green in January specifically aimed against the Jewish community. It is clearly very provocative and threatening in the wake of what happened in Paris and Copenhagen and the significant rise in anti-Semitic attacks in London over the last year. There has to be a real risk of disorder and violence against Jewish community businesses and the local community. What will you do to try to deal with this, and in particular to...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Steve O’Connell AM: Yes. Thank you very much. Yes, we very much welcome, clearly, Crossrail 2, and I echo Dick’s comments about moving this scheme along. You will be aware that there is a lot of support in the Borough of Sutton and elsewhere for Crossrail 2 to stop at Worcester Park. Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): Yes, indeed. Steve O’Connell AM: There was a very strong campaign around that. With the aspiration to bring the tram to Sutton town centre, which I may touch upon later, it would create a perfect triangle: Worcester Park, Sutton town centre and...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Andrew Dismore AM: Thank you, Chair. Talking about outer London, what do you say about your pledge to the 140 families who were the former residents of Sweets Way in Totteridge, outer London, who were all evicted by Annington Homes in February? They have been scattered to the four winds as far away as Birmingham, Luton and Chingford, all over North London, because of high rents and because of the capricious approach to enforcing their policies by Barnet Council. That is outer London. They have been moved out.