• Reference: 2020/2105
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Ten years after the start of the cycle hire scheme please set out what plans you have to extend the scheme over the next year? Further to your answer to 2019/11987 where you stated “I have asked TfL to work with the London Borough of Southwark to develop detailed plans on the extension of the scheme into the Rotherhithe Peninsula” please set out what progress has been made since then and what progress is expected in the next 12 months.

• Reference: 2020/2104
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Please publish a table showing separately for each month since July 2019 the average time per day that each docking station had: a) no available bikes, b) no available docking spaces for bike.

• Reference: 2020/2103
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Following the extensive media reports relating to the planning process for the proposed development on the former Westferry Printworks site raising concerns about undue influence being sought in the planning process, are you satisfied with (a) current GLA processes of assessing developments, (b) that there is full transparency relating to meetings that you, Mayoral appointees and senior GLA officers undertake with property developers and (c) the hospitality that they offer or seek to offer to you, Mayoral appointees and to senior GLA officers.

• 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?