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Unnecessary Car Journeys (2)

  • Reference: 2023/1459
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Given some people need to drive in London and individuals are better placed than you – or, indeed, any politician – to decide which journeys are necessary, how mindful are you of the need to avoid policies that make driving impossible for those who sometimes need to drive?

Unnecessary Car Journeys (1)

  • Reference: 2023/1458
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Do you recognise that, even if you believe some car journeys are unnecessary, some people need to drive in London?

Reducing Air Pollution

  • Reference: 2023/1457
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
What policies have you introduced to reduce air pollution from industry and commercial enterprises?

Spotify

  • Reference: 2023/1456
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Given your previous comments against antisemitism and support for Holocaust Memorial day, will you make strong representations to Spotify over their Hitler playlist (as reported in the Times on 4th March 2023) two years after the Antisemitism Policy Trust first brought this issue to their attention?

Protests 2

  • Reference: 2023/1455
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Do you agree that the “controlled area” for protests should be restored to what it was until 2011, within one kilometre of Parliament?

Protests 1

  • Reference: 2023/1454
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Do you agree that amending the Public Order Bill to reverse the Ziegler judgment would give the Met improved powers to deal with disruptive protests?

Adoptions in London

  • Reference: 2023/1453
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Given your stated commitment to early years and work on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), why do you think the number of children in care going on to be adopted is the fewest since the year 2000, and will you ask your Public Health Team to work with London Boroughs to improve matters? Please provide the latest figures from 2016 to date if you hold them.

Grid Connection in London

  • Reference: 2023/1452
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Do you agree with the Renewables Groups that a wait of up to 13 years for grid connections is undermining the shift away from fossil fuels? What will you be doing about this in London?

BBC Persian Radio

  • Reference: 2023/1451
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
Will you write to the BBC expressing your support for BBC Persian Radio to remain on air and not to be cut this year as it is an important service for many communities in London?

Deportations and Public Safety

  • Reference: 2023/1450
  • Question by: Tony Devenish
  • Meeting date: 23 March 2023
After the recent outrage over a vicious knife murder where the perpetrator was spared deportation following an outcry from the usual so-called celebrities, and taking into account your responsibility for public safety and policing in London, have you reflected on occasions when you have joined in with this, in my view, mock outrage (such as in February 2020) when convicted criminals are being rightly deported for reasons of public safety? [Reference: https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18227146.sadiq-khan-condemns-jam…]
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