• Reference: 2019/19710
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

In your answer to question MQ 2019/14250, you stated: “The fares for London taxi journeys in Greater London can be agreed in advance, via an app or otherwise, provided they do not go above the maximum displayed on the meter.” Do you consider it unlawful if a fare agreed in advance does go above the maximum displayed on the meter? Will you be instructing the Metropolitan Police to investigate and prosecute any such occurrences?

• Reference: 2019/19709
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Will you seek a High Court declaration of the definition of ply-for-hire and pre-booked with regard to smartphone app private hire operators such as Uber?

• Reference: 2019/19708
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

In your answer to question MQ 2019/4090 you stated: "whether or not a taxi is plying for hire through a smartphone app for example does depend on how the particular app works and the particular circumstances of individual cases." For the particular individual circumstances of the taxi apps: FreeNow, Gett and Bolt, do you class their app jobs as pre-booked or ply-for-hire?

• Reference: 2019/19707
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Could you please explain how Community Roadwatch is funded in London, with specific reference to the roles played by the Metropolitan Police and TfL?

• Reference: 2019/19704
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Will you support meat-free Mondays in City Hall (e.g. no serving of any meat or fish in City Hall and GLA group cafes and canteens, or at events) considering the severe environmental burden of meat consumption?

• Reference: 2019/19703
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

What work have you done to make sure small and medium sized developers, non-profits and other SMEs have access to advice, land and grants through the GLA, in order to promote diversity and innovation in London's approach to providing genuinely affordable housing?

• Reference: 2019/19702
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

A constituent would like to know what are you doing to support Nubia Way, the first black housing co-op in London, which is under threat?

• Reference: 2019/19701
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

How are you ensuring that regeneration schemes, such as Hackney Walk, which was recently described in the local press as a 'ghost town,' will not be repeated?

• Reference: 2019/19700
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) report to the Mayor of London on live facial recognition at Kings Cross, said: “Kings Cross Estate Services operated two Facial Recognition cameras, covering a single location at King’s Boulevard between May 2016 and March 2018. During that time, at a local working level, Camden Police provided images of wanted individuals, known offenders and missing persons to Kings Cross Estate Services.” Were any of the individuals who had their image shared: a) people who had never been arrested, or b) subject to antisocial behaviour orders but no criminal charges?

• Reference: 2019/19699
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Could you provide more details of the Data Sharing Agreement between the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Kings Cross Estate Services, agreed on 5 January 2019, including a list of the types of data to be shared by the MPS?