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Tube platform safety

  • Reference: 2024/3978
  • Question by: Alex Wilson
  • Meeting date: 19 December 2024
After a serious incident, which resulted in him being hospitalised, Lord Blunkett has called for an urgent review into Tube station safety, in particular the gap between the train and the platform edge. Will you heed his advice to ensure London’s transport system is one which is safe and accessible for everyone?

London’s cyclists

  • Reference: 2024/3977
  • Question by: Alex Wilson
  • Meeting date: 19 December 2024
A recent Times investigation showed, unsurprisingly, in 1 hour at a single crossing in Elephant and Castle their photographer counted 84 Lime bike cyclists running red lights. What measures will you put in place to protect pedestrians from this appalling behaviour?

Staff satisfaction in The Mayor’s office

  • Reference: 2024/3976
  • Question by: Alex Wilson
  • Meeting date: 19 December 2024
In the most recent GLA staff ‘PULSE’ survey, it was revealed that only 64% of the staff who work in your office ‘look forward to going to work’ – down by 21% in a year. What do you attribute this collapse in morale to?

Safety of London’s streets

  • Reference: 2024/3975
  • Question by: Alex Wilson
  • Meeting date: 19 December 2024
In London last year, we saw: Over 52,000 phones stolen. Over 1,000 firearm offences. Over 15,000 incidents with a knife/ sharp object. How can you conclude that London has become safer since you have become Mayor?

Mobile phone theft

  • Reference: 2024/3974
  • Question by: Alex Wilson
  • Meeting date: 19 December 2024
Outrageously, 52,000 phones were stolen on the streets of London last year. Could you outline, very specifically, what you’re doing to tackle this serious issue?

Domestic Burglary in London

  • Reference: 2024/3973
  • Question by: Alex Wilson
  • Meeting date: 19 December 2024
A Freedom of Information Request shows that in London’s Outer Boroughs only 2% of domestic burglaries result in arrest or summons. What action are you taking to reassure Londoners that domestic burglary has not been de facto decriminalised?

Question and Answer Session: Housing in London (Supplementary) [16]

  • Question by: Anne Clarke
  • Meeting date: 07 December 2023
Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Clarke, please. Anne Clarke AM: Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon to the panel. I am going to start with you, Fiona. Coming on to building safety, which we have not touched on much in this meeting so far, what more can we do to ensure building safety standards are adequate, that they are appropriate and that we keep Londoners safe?

Question and Answer Session: Housing in London (Supplementary) [15]

  • Question by: Sakina Sheikh
  • Meeting date: 07 December 2023
Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Sheikh, please. Thank you. Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. I think by this stage of the Plenary we are probably drawing on comments that have been made already, so I welcome the opportunity to tie in some threads and move towards solutions. It is what we have been discussing but I think it is good to highlight as we come to the end. Tom, Deputy Mayor, I come back to you. This is regarding what we have just been discussing in terms of rents and affordability in London and what it needs to...

Question and Answer Session: Housing in London (Supplementary) [14]

  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 07 December 2023
Andrew Boff AM (Chair): All right. Assembly Member McCartney, please? Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. We know that there are over 300,000 households in London on local authority waiting lists. I am very glad that, as we have heard from the Deputy Mayor, this Mayor has started building council homes again at the highest rate since the 1970s. But of course, housing associations have a real role to play here. Can I ask Alistair to start with, if I can? Looking at your recent strategic review, one of your challenges you identified - and I am going to quote this...

Question and Answer Session: Housing in London (Supplementary) [13]

  • Question by: Emma Best
  • Meeting date: 07 December 2023
Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Best, please. Emma Best AM: Thank you very much. Good afternoon, panel. Deputy Mayor, you have talked a lot today about the failings perhaps you perceive. I wonder when you look ‑‑ Tom Copley (Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development): Could you repeat that, sorry? Emma Best AM: I said you have talked a lot today about the failings you perceive perhaps from the Government. When you look back at your own record and deliveries of the first London AHP and other schemes, is there anything that you think is a lesson learned...
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