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Clap for Carers (1)

  • Reference: 2020/1480
  • Question by: Peter Whittle
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
On the evening of 16 April 2020, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was photographed leading a crowded ‘Clap for Carers’ event on Westminster Bridge. That large public gathering in the centre of London clearly ignored the social distancing rules laid down by government. Who organised this event and what kind of message does this kind of behaviour send out to Londoners?

TfL Revenues

  • Reference: 2020/1479
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
To ask the Mayor how much TfL estimates it has lost in revenue, due to the Coronavirus crisis.

Metropolitan Police and Social Media

  • Reference: 2020/1478
  • Question by: Peter Whittle
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
On Saturday 28 April, the Metropolitan Police sent out a tweet, asking ‘Are you a victim or witness of hate crime related to the COVID-19 pandemic? Given the major challenges facing Londoners and the police at that time, do you think this was wise?

Brexit

  • Reference: 2020/1477
  • Question by: Peter Whittle
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
To ask the Mayor for an update on his campaign for a second referendum on Brexit.

Police Officer Residence

  • Reference: 2020/1476
  • Question by: Peter Whittle
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
To ask the Mayor, how many police officers are resident within the Metropolitan Police Area? Please break down your response into sworn and warranted full-time officers, Specials and Police Community Support Officers.

Emergency decision-making during the coronavirus crisis

  • Reference: 2020/1473
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
Will you be providing a record or log of all the additional emergency decisions made as part of the lockdown process, for example the decision to temporarily suspend the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), as you do already do with ordinary Mayoral and Director’s decisions? And will the information about these decisions contain a) reasons for the decision, including objectives and expected outcomes, b) a time limit or review date for the measures, c) equality impact information (even if brief), d) legal comments, and e) financial impact information?

New police powers during the coronavirus crisis

  • Reference: 2020/1472
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
Could you provide data showing how often new police powers given to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) during lockdown have been exercised in London, including the number of fines and arrests made by the MPS under the powers, along with any age or demographic breakdown that is available?

Bringing unoccupied homes into use during the coronavirus crisis

  • Reference: 2020/1471
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
Your Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development wrote to me on 20 April 2020, in response to a letter from me to both of you asking about ways to bring unoccupied homes into use. He said: “In relation to new homes that have been completed but not yet let or sold, I am working with investment partners and other developers to explore what scope exists for using these homes to help meet some of that pressing housing need.” Could you provide me with the latest update on this work?

Small business support

  • Reference: 2020/1470
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
I have been working with small businesses groups supporting each other in this difficult time. Guardians of the Arches and the East End Trades Guild have suggested establishing a London weighting for business support thresholds which reflects the capital’s higher rateable values. Will you a) advocate to government for a London weighting, and b) create a fund to support any small businesses that are falling through the cracks?

Changes in transport use since coronavirus lockdown

  • Reference: 2020/1469
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
In your response to the UK Government’s Air Quality Expert Group call for evidence on changes in air pollution during the coronavirus outbreak you provided a graph of the change in daily vehicle km travelled in London since 2 March 2020 (Figure 2). Could you provide me with a split of this data by vehicle type (cycle, car, van, lorry and bus)?
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