• Reference: 2017/3579
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the mayor if anyone at New Scotland Yard foresaw the media firestorm that would follow Deputy Commissioner Mackay's comments in the Evening Standard on 25 August 2017 and if not, why not?

• Reference: 2017/3578
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

I have noted the controversy generated by the comments made by Deputy Commissioner Mackey in the Evening Standard on 25 August 2017 that crime victims may not get a visit from the police if they speak good English. Has the Metropolitan Police now changed this policy so that all victims are treated equally, irrespective of what language they speak? Londoners expect police to respond according to the seriousness of the offence - not the personal circumstances of the victim.

• Reference: 2017/3577
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the Mayor how many facial images does the Metropolitan Police hold on their own Facial Recognition Database and to ask what (if any) plans have been made to merge these holdings with the Police National Database.

• Reference: 2017/3576
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the mayor what progress has been made in arranging the sale of the three water cannon procured by his predecessor, following the 2011 riots.

• Reference: 2017/3575
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the mayor if the terrorist who attacked three police officers with a sword outside Buckingham Palace on 25 August 2017 was an Uber driver licenced by TfL and whether this was logged as a hate crime.

• Reference: 2017/3574
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the Mayor how the merger of the Metropolitan Police borough commands of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering into one new Basic Command Unit is faring and what lessons are being learned by the Met.

• Reference: 2017/3573
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the Mayor what assessment the Metropolitan Police have made of the incidence of people-trafficking and modern slavery in the capital.

• Reference: 2017/3572
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

I am concerned to learn that all the detectives of the Metropolitan Police's Art and Antiques Unit have been seconded to work on the Grenfell Tower fire investigation, causing that squad's temporary closure. The Art and Antiques Squad works with overseas police forces to identify illicit trafficking of cultural goods and takes action when UK-based dealers and auctioneers report their suspicions about objects of dubious provenance. It also maintains the London stolen art database, which stores information and images of 54,000 items of stolen property. You will be aware that the squad has been disbanded before, in 1984, for budgetary...

• Reference: 2017/3571
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the Mayor how many police officers were injured at the Notting Hill Carnival, over the recent August Bank Holiday weekend.

• Reference: 2017/3570
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To, ask the Mayor how many arrests and for what offences were made by the police at the Notting Hill Carnival over the recent August bank holiday weekend.