• Reference: 2020/2102
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

An article in the Sunday Times on the 21 June 2020 contains the following quote from Richard Desmond “I’ve been to dinner with Sadiq Khan and his wife.” However, any examination of your diary since 2016 does not appear to show such an event taking place. Due to the seriousness of the issues relating to the planning process for the Westferry Printworks will you clarify whether this statement made by Richard Desmond is correct and if so please provide the date and other details about when this event took place and for what purpose.

• Reference: 2020/2101
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On 24 June 2020 an article by Science of the Total Environment (Reference: STOTEN 140515) stated “the PM2.5 and NO2 levels, potential contributors to COVID-19 transmission and fatalities, are relatively higher in LU stations than other transport environments. E.g. the median level of airborne PM2.5 in LU stations is several times higher than cycling”. Please provide a detailed statement on the actions being taken to tackle air pollution throughout the London Underground to reduce exposure for both passengers and staff. Please also state what evaluation has been undertaken as to whether there should be controls on access to specific London...

• Reference: 2020/2100
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On 24 June 2020 an article by Science of the Total Environment (Reference: STOTEN 140515) stated: “Our analysis shows that short-term exposure to air pollution (both NO 2 and PM2.5) is significantly correlated with an increased risk of contracting and dying from COVID -19, expanding on previous evidence linking high mortality rates in England (Travaglio, Popovic, Yu, Leal, & Martins, 2020), Northern Italy (Ogen, 2020 ) and USA (Xiao, Rachel C, Benjamin M, Danielle, & Francesca, 2020)”. What steps are you taking in response to this growing body of scientific evidence connecting air pollution and the transmission of Covid-19.

• Reference: 2020/2099
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Please set out what progress has been made in relation to adopting your Transport Strategy recommendations relating to coach services, in particular the specific commitment of “Continuing to work with the coach industry to enable the provision of adequate on-street and off street coach infrastructure in appropriate locations across London for scheduled and tourist coach services, and to allow for their safe and efficient operation.”

• Reference: 2020/2097
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

What are the main challenges for London government as it emerges and recovers from the impact of COVID-19?

• Reference: 2020/1906
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

I welcome your decision to begin a legal challenge against the Government’s decision to grant permission to build an additional incinerator at Cory Riverside Energy. How are you working with Cory and Boroughs to make the most of their existing site, such as increasing anaerobic digestion capacity and maximising the number of homes connected to the heat network?

• Reference: 2020/1934
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Will the Mayor agree with me that – since the Secretary of State Robert Jenrick MP has admitted that his decision in January to allow the Westferry Printworks development to proceed “could give rise to the appearance of bias” – it is inappropriate for another Government minister to now determine the case and that it should instead be determined by an outside agency?

• Reference: 2020/1846
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Public toilets have been disappearing in numbers for many years , but Coronavirus has brought this crisis to a boil. This is a fundamental matter of public health especially for vulnerable Londoners. What have you (not the Government or Local Authorities) done to ameliorate this matter over the last 4 years' and especially since 23rd March 2020?

• Reference: 2020/2056
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Are you concerned that there may be a wave of evictions and homelessness in London as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic when the emergency measures placed by the Government, come to an end, and what action can you take to support Londoners?

• Reference: 2020/1717
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Are you comfortable with the investment that the GLA has made with Thurrock Council?