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Protecting Londoners from ‘thought crime’ policing (4)

  • Reference: 2020/1053
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
How many times have the Metropolitan Police disclosed details of non-crime hate incidents on DBS criminal record checks?

Protecting Londoners from ‘thought crime’ policing (3)

  • Reference: 2020/1052
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
How many people accused of non-crime hate incidents have their details kept on record by the Metropolitan Police?

Protecting Londoners from ‘thought crime’ policing (2)

  • Reference: 2020/1051
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
On the 14 February 2020, the High Court ruled that the Humberside Police decision to record a non-crime hate incident against Harry Miller for alleged transphobic tweets was unlawful. In the judgment, Mr Justice Julian Knowles stated: “The effect of the police turning up at the claimant’s [Mr Miller’s] place of work because of his political opinions must not be underestimated. To do so would be to undervalue a cardinal democratic freedom. In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi. We have never lived in an Orwellian society.” 5 What is the Metropolitan Police’s...

Protecting Londoners from ‘thought crime’ policing (1)

  • Reference: 2020/1050
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
On the 14 February 2020, the High Court ruled that the Humberside Police decision to record a non-crime hate incident against Harry Miller for alleged transphobic tweets was unlawful. The Judge, Mr Justice Julian Knowles concluded that Mr Miller’s tweets were: “lawful and that there was not the slightest risk that he would commit a criminal offence by continuing to tweet”. He described the police actions as: “disproportionate interference with the Claimant’s [Mr Miller’s] right to freedom of expression because of their potential chilling effect”. 4 Similar to the nature of Mr Miller’s tweets, how many Londoners have ‘transgender’ and/or...

Missing Furniture

  • Reference: 2020/1049
  • Question by: Peter Whittle
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
How is the Metropolitan Police’s search for furniture missing from the House of Commons progressing? 3 3 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/14/former-commons-photogr…

LED Street Lighting (2)

  • Reference: 2020/1048
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
Given that there is much evidence that blue light from LEDs has a detrimental effect on sleep as it supresses melatonin and interferes with human circadian rhythms, will you re-consider your plan to install LEDs across TfL’s road network to avoid the potential adverse health effects that are likely to ensue to residents? 12 1 https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_655460_en.html 2 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/04/26/new-led-streetlights-may…

LED Street Lighting (1)

  • Reference: 2020/1047
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
In your budget (section 6.2) you stated that you would be retrofitting lighting to ‘energy efficient LEDs’. What will be the total cost of this and what do envisage will be the annual cost saving?

Cycle Superhighways

  • Reference: 2020/1046
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
What do you plan to spend on constructing and installing cycle superhighways, cycle quiet-ways and other cycle routes in the financial year 2020/21?

London Motor Cab Proprietor’s Association (LMCPA)

  • Reference: 2020/1045
  • Question by: David Kurten
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
How many times have you or anyone from TfL met with the London Motor Cab Proprietor’s Association in the last four years, and will you undertake to meet with them regularly in the future?

Facial Recognition Database (2)

  • Reference: 2020/1044
  • Question by: Peter Whittle
  • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
Has the Metropolitan Police provided facial recognition data to the Prüm network and if so, how much and for what purposes?
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