• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 06 August 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Ahmad. Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. AC, why is there an in-year crisis in police funding and why was not this identified earlier?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 06 August 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): I am going to now turn to Assembly Member Hall for the opening question. Susan Hall AM: Lovely, thank you very much, Chair. Deputy Mayor, why is the Mayor not here?

• Reference: 2025/3227
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 06 August 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): We now move to our question-and-answer session. Joining us in the Chamber we have Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, and attending alongside her is Matt Twist KPM, Assistant Commissioner (AC) for Frontline Policing, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Can I thank you again for attending at short notice? Welcome to this meeting. There will be a lead-off question from me as Chair to both of our guests. Assembly Members may then put supplementary questions. Please can I ask Assembly Members to specify who they would like an answer from when they put their questions...