• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Elly Baker AM: Thank you, Chair. I just want to briefly follow up on Assembly Member Garratt’s question about the PHV drivers, the delays in relicensing, and potential compensation. I would really support some scheme that recognises, as we have all seen and we have talked about in this Chamber before, the hardship for those drivers who have been unable to work for periods of time. My priority concern is that the problem continues and that the liabilities of that compensation scheme continue to go up. We are not seeing significant drops in the numbers of drivers [awaiting licence renewals]...

• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Alessandro Georgiou AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. I hope you are well. I apologise for my voice. You know I always get overly excited when I see you and my voice does all sorts of things when I am near you! Mr Mayor, talking of budget savings, for the last nine years, all you have done is moan and whine and say that it is always someone else’s fault for the things that you have to do. Possibly one of the budget savings you could have made was the cost of your Africa trip, which cost the taxpayers £83,000. You...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Neil Garratt AM: Morning. When you are thinking about what savings you might be looking to make in your budget next year, one of the things I would urge you not to consider would be some scheme of compensation for private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers, who have been extremely badly treated. I am sure you are aware that this has been going on now for maybe a year since TfL introduced a scheme where PHV drivers and minicab drivers have to be licensed not only as a driver but to be able to drive as a minicab driver. TfL introduced...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): I am sure you would extend your thanks to your predecessor for authorising the Barking Riverside extension, which you seem to have claimed responsibility for.

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Keith Prince AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. I am very excited about this because, as you know, in east London we do not have many crossings and the ones that we do have we have to pay for. The first assurance I would like to get from you is that you will not be tolling it, will you, Mr Mayor, like all the other crossings that we have?

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. I know we will all be supporting the DLR extension, just as we also supported the West London Orbital and the Bakerloo line [extension], both of which now look increasingly dead. You are making a big thing out of this DLR announcement today, but it is not an announcement. It is a pre-announcement of a possible announcement that might come next week in ongoing Budget leaks, no actual news. There is no actual amount of money pledged. There is nothing concrete from the Government. What this looks like is a bit of news...

• Reference: 2025/4232
• Question by: Chair, London Assembly
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): The Mayor will now provide an oral update of up to five minutes - or so - in length on matters occurring since the publication of his report. Mr Mayor.