• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Susan Hall AM: Thank you, Chair. Obviously, I am going to be talking about the Tweets [that led to the arrest of Graham Linehan]. With a £260 million black hole, Mr Mayor, in the MPS budget, we are losing front counters, which many of us are not happy about. We are losing officers in schools. We are losing horse units. We are losing the police from the Royal Parks, and there are many other areas. But apparently, we have got enough resource for five armed officers to arrest and detain a comedian in custody. Have you discussed this with the...

• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Gareth Roberts AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Does MOPAC have an indicative assessment of the cost to the MPS of policing the protests in support of Palestine Action, as well as the upcoming protests which are happening this weekend?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you very much. First of all, thank you very much for your gracious and kind words. It is really appreciated. Also, to you, Chair, and the whole Assembly, I only expect this kind of civility to break out for ten minutes, but it was very nice while it existed. Much more seriously, on Tuesday evening [9 September 2025] I attended a protest at Downing Street. This is in relation to Palestine Action and the arrival and the welcoming of President Isaac Herzog [President of Israel]. Many of us in that crowd and many Londoners felt like...

• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Zoë Garbett AM: Morning. Just specifically about the action that was taken over the weekend [6-7 September 2025], we saw the same action with the same people with the similar placards and T-shirts in Edinburgh, Totnes and Kendal, and nowhere near the same level of arrests. I just wondered where the push in London is coming from, whether that is the Home Office, you, or the Commissioner?

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. I hope you had a smooth ride in today. What I would like to know, Mr Mayor, you said when you became Mayor you were going to be “the Mayor of zero strikes”. I think we have passed that point. You also said you were going to roll up your sleeves and sit down with the unions, which I thought was very laudable. Can you tell me what have you done, Mr Mayor, prior to this strike and during this strike in relation to meeting with people of influence to...

• Reference: 2025/3228
• Question by: Chair, London Assembly
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): The Mayor will now provide an oral update of up to five minutes in length on matters occurring since the publication of his report.