• Reference: 2018/3128
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I was alarmed to hear Cressida Dick, Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis tell listeners of the BBC Radio 4's Today programme on 3 November 2018: "One area that has grown hugely is viewing indecent images of children. People find that utterly appalling, it is awful, but I'm afraid that we probably all know somebody who does that." This last statement cannot possibly be factually true. Do you agree with what the Commissioner said?

• Reference: 2018/3127
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

To ask the Mayor what involvement the GLA had (if any) in the eviction of the staff of Gallions Point Marina Ltd from their business premises at Gate 14, Albert Basin Way, London, E16 2QY on 9 October 2018?

• Reference: 2018/3126
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

How many times between September 2017 and September 2018 have TfL staff had to temporarily close stations, due to overcrowding?

• Reference: 2018/3125
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

As you will be aware, newly-elected Mayor Johnson introduced a complete ban on alcohol on the Underground in 2008. However, I have noticed in recent journeys on the Tube - especially at weekends, that there are passengers who appear wholly unaware that alcohol is banned on the Underground. What is being done to enforce this ban?

• Reference: 2018/3124
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I am keenly aware that there has always been some degree of begging on London Underground trains, but in my observation and experience, this phenomenon is on the increase. What steps are currently being undertaken by TfL and the British Transport Police to curtail this activity?

• Reference: 2018/3123
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I note that Perivale Tube Station now has a sign applied to the floor, at the foot of the station's main staircase, which reads: 'Londyn jest otwarty' and carries the logo 'Mayor of London'. Could you please explain the purpose of this sign?

• Reference: 2018/3122
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Is it the role of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to make laws, or simply enforce them and by stating what she believes should or should not be a criminal offence, has she become too political and therefore unable to fulfil her remit?

• Reference: 2018/3121
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

After 118 murders on London streets this year so far, will the Mayor be telling Londoners that he has succeeded or failed in his crime-fighting efforts?

• Reference: 2018/3120
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

To ask the Mayor what progress has been made in arresting the decline in the number of Metropolitan Police detectives and what is the current shortfall in their numbers?

• Reference: 2018/3119
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I note the claim in Amnesty International UK's 2018 report Trapped in the Matrix: Secrecy, Stigma, and Bias in the Met's Gangs Database that 'a range of non-police agencies have access to the Matrix.'* Could you please tell me how many non-policing organisations currently have access to this database and identify them by name? *[1] https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/reports/Trapped%20in%20the%20Matrix%20…