• Reference: 2020/3248
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Navin Shah 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. Mr Mayor?

• Reference: 2020/3247
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Bus drivers are forced to drive in unbearable heat with no working air conditioning. TFL made it mandatory for buses to have air conditioning fitted since 2012, but some bus companies choose not to have them working. What will you do to improve the working conditions of bus drivers, particularly this year after some bus drivers and transport workers tragically lost their lives in the Covid 19 pandemic?

• Reference: 2020/3246
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Please provide the ethnic breakdown of members of the public subjected to stop and searches following their vehicle being stopped in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 to date.

• Reference: 2020/3245
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Do you agree that public transport needs to be heavily subsidised by the government, as is the case in Germany and France, as an incentive to Londoners to use public transport to enable reduce congestion and improve toxic air quality in London?

• Reference: 2020/3244
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

I’m concerned that there is not enough focus on the travel needs of older people. Please confirm that you are committed to the scrapping of the discriminatory ban on use of the 60+ Freedom Pass during morning peak hours. Please indicate what steps you’ve taken to lobby the government to withdraw the restrictions and how long will older people have to wait till their freedom to travel is restored?

• Reference: 2020/3243
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

A seven days a week congestion charge is criticised as discriminatory by some residents, disallowing older people who need to travel to London by car. Can you, will you, consider further exemptions where older people are not able to use public transport?

• Reference: 2020/3242
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Is the London Plan robust enough to withstand the impact of Covid19 on our communities when it comes to policy areas like family size homes; fabric of town centres, regeneration areas including the future of Opportunity Areas? Or should you be considering changes to the London Plan to equip London for the new norm?

• Reference: 2020/3241
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the UK has entered its deepest recession since records began and hospitality has been the hardest hit sector. It was reported that 22,000 jobs across the restaurant sector had been lost so far in 2020 . The losses are nearly double the amount shed during the whole of 2019, with experts fearing that the worst is yet to come. What can you do in the short and long term to revive this sector in London?

• Reference: 2020/3240
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Under the new points-based immigration system coming into effect from 1 st January, social workers will be excluded from post-Brexit health visa. With more than 100,000 care vacancies in the social care sector in England what impact will this have on patient care in London and how can this be overcome?

• Reference: 2020/3239
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

TravelWatch have recently called for ‘an overhaul of the out of date fares system to stop the current season ticket lottery and recognise the changing needs of commuters, many of whom no longer need to travel into London every day’. Do you support the call for the three changes e.g. part time season tickets, fares capping and end of unfair season ticket prices?