• Reference: 2020/2199
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

I note that the only down escalator at Marble Arch Underground Station has now been out of service for some six months and this is not the first time in recent years that travellers from that locality have been inconvenienced by its unavailability. When is it likely to be working again?

• Reference: 2020/2198
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Transport for London has mandated that all public transport workers, including taxi and private hire drivers must wear a face covering. Could the Mayor explain why bus drivers are exempt from this instruction and why this same exemption is not granted to taxi drivers, who are also protected by a perspex screen - the same as bus drivers.

• Reference: 2020/2197
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

The 507 and 521 bus routes are the only bus routes which cross either London Bridge or Waterloo Bridge which are zero emissions. However, there are plans to ban diesel London taxis from using both of these bridges. Could the Mayor explain why diesel buses can use both of these bridges, but a diesel taxi can’t?

• Reference: 2020/2196
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Given that there is a body of evidence which demonstrates that copper handrails, which are present in metro stations in New York and Santiago in Chile, have anti-microbial properties which can kill bacteria and viruses, will the Mayor consider installing copper handrails in TfL stations?

• Reference: 2020/2193
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

A constituent has made me aware of a report from the UN https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicati… on a private lettings company operating in London, which has breached its tenants’ human right to adequate housing. Will you consider expanding the criteria for including rogue or unlicensed landlords on your database to include cases like these?

• Reference: 2020/2192
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

In your answer to my question 2020/1467, you told me that between 400 and 800 people are still sleeping rough each night in London. Could you provide an update of this estimate?

• Reference: 2020/2191
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

In your statement on 22 April 2020, calling for measures to solve the problems faced by private renters due to the coronavirus crisis, you included a call to: "restore Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to median market rents, and cover any shortfall in rental payments of private tenants unable to pay them due to COVID-19." With new figures showing that nationally over 120,000 private renting families are now in debt due to rent arrears built up over the coronavirus crisis, could you clarify whether your call for housing benefit changes includes backdating it to clear rent debts, so they are...

• Reference: 2020/2190
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

In your press release on 15 May 2020 you said: "TfL is looking into providing Zero Emission Capable taxis with access to both these bridges, and other areas where traffic is restricted." Could you update us on the progress of this decision? I have also been asked whether the small number of taxis converted to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) would also be able to be included in any potential exemption, so will you also be considering this?

• Reference: 2020/2189
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

If the Creative Land Trust does not meet its objectives and performance targets envisaged in MD2362, will you consider wrapping up the project and redirecting funding to existing established bodies, which may better be able to deliver the planned 1000 studios within five years’?

• Reference: 2020/2188
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

How does the Creative Land Trust ensure its work does not unduly affect the artist studio sector by competing with existing community and charitable providers to purchase buildings or, because of this competition, that it causes price inflation?