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Queen’s funeral arrests

  • Reference: 2022/3617
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) confirmed that 67 people were arrested on 19 September 2022 as part of the policing operation for the Queen’s funeral. Could you confirm how many people were arrested in total in the multi-day policing operation for the Lying-in-State and the Queen’s funeral, broken down by offence? Could you provide this data in table format?

Banning spit hoods

  • Reference: 2022/3616
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
Queensland police in Australia recently announced that they would ban the use of spit hoods. Do you or the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have any plans to follow their lead and ban the use of spit hoods in London?

Death of police horse

  • Reference: 2022/3615
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
Police Horse Sandown died after collapsing on duty at Notting Hill Carnival on 28 August 2022. It was announced that an investigation into his death would be launched. Could you update me on the progress of this investigation, and if any operational changes will be made as a result of this death?

Sexual health funding cuts

  • Reference: 2022/3614
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
At the London Assembly Plenary on 6 December 2018, a motion was passed unanimously urging you to make strong representations to London boroughs calling for them to make sexual health support a priority. Could you tell me what action you have taken and share any responses you received?

Energy rationing in London

  • Reference: 2022/3613
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
On 9 August 2019 – during a large power cut to the National Grid that caused disruption to Thameslink and London Underground – 239,861 London customers were disconnected from the electricity grid to reduce demand by 174MW. What steps have you taken since then to consider the role of major energy users like Transport for London (TfL) during such scenarios in future, and how would any disruption be communicated with Londoners?

What Londoners need in a grab bag

  • Reference: 2022/3612
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
Some advice for civil preparedness to future climate and other disasters involves advising people to have a ‘grab bag’ handy. What do you consider to be the right things for a Londoner to have in such a bag?

Training for a chain of events

  • Reference: 2022/3611
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
What training do first responders in London undertake to prepare for a possible ‘chain of events’ scenario where multiple climate and other events combine to create a worse disaster?

Nuclear impact on London

  • Reference: 2022/3610
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
Are you preparing for the possible impact on London of a nuclear event in Europe, which could cause at the very least similar issues as Chernobyl did in 1986?

Resilience for a future heatwave

  • Reference: 2022/3609
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
Londoners have complained about homes overheating during the heatwaves this summer. What steps are you taking to estimate and prepare for the scale of this problem, before a future heatwave hits?

Resilience for a further wave of coronavirus

  • Reference: 2022/3608
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 13 October 2022
What steps are you taking to ensure London has the resilience and preparedness for a further wave of coronavirus?
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