• Reference: 2020/2915
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

On 1 September 2020, Extinction Rebellion commenced ten days of action across the UK, to protest against climate change. In London, this has led to severe traffic delays, as the capital attempts to return to normality after Lockdown. Various stunts are taking place, including a ‘theatrical’ display on ‘how the climate crisis is causing death’, and a silent protest outside Buckingham Palace. Last year, more than 1,700 arrests were made during Extinction Rebellion’s ten-day ‘Autumn Uprising’, which saw major disruption across the UK and large parts of central London blocked off. How much longer will Londoners have to put up...

• Reference: 2020/2914
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

I note the report in the Daily Telegraph of 7 July 2020, which stated: ‘Kit Malthouse, the policing minister, is writing to chief constables saying the theft of goods valued up to £200 from a shop should be prosecuted as a criminal offence.’ 1 Has the Metropolitan Police decided that the shoplifting of goods of the value of less than £200 would not be prosecuted, if so who, when and why? 1 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/07/victims-burglaries-assaults…

• Reference: 2020/2911
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Will you publicly support the Home Secretary’s call to defend press free speech and support calls to toughen the law with Extinction Rebellion criminals potentially facing a 5 year prison sentence?

• Reference: 2020/2910
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Please provide a comparison table with quantifiable numbers between the New York state USA programme of renewable energy measures versus the GLA's?

• Reference: 2020/2909
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Do you as Mayor think it is morally right for a national energy provider operating in London to send the following letter to a long term homeowner- not a new home (I quote red title) “ We have a legal requirement to change your meter. Please contact us”. The letter says in a bold black box (which this homeowner finds sinister) “What happens if I don’t do anything about this letter? By law we have to come and change your meter. This work is very important to us and to you, helping to keep you safe.If we don’t hear from...

• Reference: 2020/2908
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Journalist Michael Gillard, formerly of the Sunday Times published a book "Legacy: Gangsters, Corruption and the Olympics (2019). It makes disturbing reading, naming an "untouchable" criminal too dangerous for the Met to take on. Will you make representations to the Commissioner on these allegations?

• Reference: 2020/2907
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Does the MPS provide training to all police officers on criminal exploitation?

• Reference: 2020/2906
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

It has been reported that that criminals are increasingly targeting girls for county lines exploitation because they are less likely to be intercepted by the police. In those cases, criminals often form romantic relationships with the girls they are targeting for exploitation with the purpose of exerting control over them in the future. What specifically are you and the MPS doing about this?

• Reference: 2020/2905
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Please read FT House and Home (1/2 August) “You’ve bought a bike- here’s how to keep it”. With 21,000 bikes reported stolen in the year up to the June 2020 do you agree that bike theft or vandalism can be a disincentive to increased cycling? Will you consider using the TFL, and Met Police bricks and mortar and social media assets to communicate the seven bike security tips in this article? Can we expect to see a pilot on our tubes or buses online in the next few months?

• Reference: 2020/2904
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Will you join me in congratulating the Evening Standard on their exclusive ‘drug dealers use Instagram to target teens in the park '. What will you do in terms of a public information campaign to help London parents and employers stamp out this appalling use of social media?