• Reference: 2025/2430
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Are you monitoring the developments around the Coventry Very Light Rail as an alternative new form of public transport that could be interesting in outer London?

• Reference: 2025/2429
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

In June 2025 you announced new Summer Streets al fresco dining hotspots to boost the capital’s hospitality industry this summer. Brixton, Leyton, Shoreditch and the West End are the first beneficiaries of the Mayor’s Summer Streets Fund. What was the process for the identification of the first locations to benefit from the Summer Streets Fund?

• Reference: 2025/2428
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

It has been reported that Hammersmith Bridge could re-open with repair money from the £1 billion transport infrastructure fund announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. Will you make representations to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to explore this option further?

• Reference: 2025/2427
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Could you please provide data on the number of Met police reports involving parcels being stolen upon delivery? Please break down for each year from 2018 onwards.

• Reference: 2025/2426
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Given the longstanding calls from Chiswick residents and the increasing urgency of the matter due to the worsening reliability of the Richmond branch of the District line, will you consider accelerating the Piccadilly line upgrade project to enable trains to stop at Turnham Green station?

• Reference: 2025/2425
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

I understand that the College of Policing is launching a national training programme for neighbourhood police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) across England and Wales. When do you expect all neighbourhood teams of the Met Police to have gone through this training programme?

• Reference: 2025/2424
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

I understand that the College of Policing is launching a national training programme for neighbourhood police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) across England and Wales. I also understand that their trials of this new training for neighbourhood policing took place with over 1,000 officers across 11 police forces and have already shown impressive results. What neighbourhood teams of the Met Police were involved in these trials?

• Reference: 2025/2423
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

A recent poll by Survation for ITV News London shows that more than half of respondents “do not feel safe on the streets of London” with a similar number saying you were not doing enough to make women and girls feel safe in London. Do you have your priorities right?

• Reference: 2025/2422
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

This summer is looking to be an extremely hot one, possibly the hottest on record. Are you confident our emergency services are well prepared for such extreme weather and its consequences?

• Reference: 2025/2421
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Residents of the Gloucester Road area near Kew Green have been campaigning for the closure of Gloucester Road to all vehicles with the exception of residents and deliveries in order to eradicate the possibility of a tragedy occurring on a small, narrow residential street. I understand TfL remains concerned about the potential impact on their road network (the A205 corridor) resulting from removal of all through traffic from the Kew Green area. What options are you considering that would help tackle the issues residents of Gloucester Road are facing?