• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Now Assembly Member Russell, please. Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. I want to briefly thank the Assembly for holding a minute’s silence to remember the people killed and seriously injured on our roads this year. With 3,961 people killed or seriously injured in the latest reported year, I wanted to thank both the Commissioner and Mr Mayor for the recent announcement of the pilot supporting victims of road collisions delivered in collaboration between MOPAC, Transport for London and the MPS. It really will make a difference to people experiencing a bereavement or a...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Moema, please. Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon to both of you. Actually, I do have a question for you, Mayor. I was going to say that, after I have asked my question, we are happy to give you 30 seconds to answer the rest of Lord Bailey’s question, Sir Mark, if you wanted to do that. My question to you is: what progress has been made following your announcement of the £3 million annual fund to overhaul how the MPS treats victims of crime?

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): I am afraid I am going to have to bring you to a close. The City Hall Conservatives are out of time. The next speaker is Assembly Member Hirani. Thank you. Krupesh Hirani AM: Thank you, Chair. My question is to the Mayor. How are you continuing to ensure that Londoners remain safe from terrorism?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Bailey, please. Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Thank you, Chair. It is not morning anymore, is it? Good afternoon. Maybe I could start with you, Mayor. At the last PCC meeting, we spoke to a lot of grassroots organisations that, clearly, talked about funding. A number of those organisations are funded by you. Clearly, you cannot fund them all, but I want to focus on what work you are doing to assess the impact of the funding you are providing. Are there any mechanisms you have that are routinely looking at the...

• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Baker, please? Elly Baker AM: Thank you, Chair. My questions are on recruitment. We have had some wider questions on that subject and so they are going to be directed at the Commissioner but, Mr Mayor, if there is anything that you want to comment on, then please do come in. We heard earlier on about the challenge you are facing in terms of recruitment and that you feel you are getting close to levels of sustainability in terms of pure numbers. I am interested in, in detail, how you are managing...

• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Rogers, please? Nick Rogers AM: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner, just to pick up on some of the points you were discussing with my colleague Assembly Member Best which reference the Estates Strategy. This is something that I have been asking questions about since I was elected back in 2021 to the Mayor and to the Deputy Mayor [for Policing and Crime]. Your predecessor as well had lots of arcane discussions about locker sizes and locations and all that sort of thing. My sense is that the Estates Strategy has gone through many...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member McCartney, please? Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. My question is to the Commissioner to start. I want to ask about VAWG. The [Baroness Louise] Casey Report clearly stated that women do not get the support and protection that they deserve from the MPS and she declared the force institutionally misogynistic and, certainly, there is a real issue with culture. I would particularly like to know what are you doing to monitor and improve performance and how are you judging that?

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Assembly Member Best? Emma Best AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, in July of this year [2023], the Assembly passed a motion unanimously, asking for an update on your plans for Uxbridge police station following your letter two weeks before the by-election there suggesting it would be saved. Could you provide us an update, please?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Duvall, please? Len Duvall AM: Just on the back of the earlier question about planning for future events, I was very taken with what you said earlier on in your opening remarks. Could you just quickly outline to the Assembly how you plan to deal with the accusations which I think sometimes are unfair about impartiality of policing demonstrations of when you should intervene and when you do not? You talked about pragmatism around that, but what is the plan? It must be important in terms of retaining trust and confidence of...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 02 November 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you for that, even though you are a minute late, Assembly Members. The next Assembly Member to be called is Assembly Member Garratt, please. Neil Garratt AM: Morning. Commissioner, since the terror attacks in Israel on 7 October [2023], we have had what now seems to be quite regular and frequent marches in London. I was curious whether there was a plan for what would happen at Remembrance weekend, which is coming up, where there are other events planned. Was there a thought on how those marches and some of those other events would interact?