• Question by: Bassam Mahfouz
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Bassam Mahfouz AM: Thank you, Chair. I know that the Mayor takes this issue incredibly seriously. He has been a strong advocate and a strong, clear, male role model to speak to other men, whether it is messages on the Tube or messages that he sends out personally, the role that men have in terms of tackling male VAWG. He will know, as he has already talked about, the critical role that SBS plays not only in my constituency in west London but also right across London in terms of the role that it plays. Having run a charity myself...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. Can I just say thank you for putting the speed cameras on the remaining part of the A10 in Enfield? Already, I am hearing from local residents that noise is reduced but also from car drivers that their journey is better because speeds have been smoothed out and there is no longer the braking and stopping and starting that there used to be. Reducing speed has many benefits, not just safety. I wanted to ask you about 20 miles per hour boroughs. Enfield is currently consulting on local streets, residential streets and town centres becoming...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Can I go on the clock because I want to speak on this? Mr Mayor, you will be aware of the London Councils’ submission and, in asking you a question on this, I recognise what Government is having to do and balance some of those issues, and in some ways that is where some of the inequities come into it in terms of the fairer funding issue. It seems to me that we are denying, or the Government is not recognising, that deprivation and housing costs, particularly here in London, are as...

• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Alessandro Georgiou AM: Mr Mayor, US tourists and US business are some of the most vital lifelines for London’s economy, making us an international city. Our current ambassador is Lord Peter Mandelson [former British Ambassador to the US]. You appointed Len Duvall AM (Chair): No, he is not. Alessandro Georgiou AM: I know you are laughing about the best pal of a paedophile. Why are you laughing, Mr Mayor? Best pal of a paedophile. Anyway, we will move on. You appointed Lord Mandelson to your business board, even after it transpired later on that Labour Lord Mandelson was the best...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning. We were talking about London being a successful international city and we remain the third most visited by international visitors of any city in the world. Quite what our visitors this week are making of the union-induced transport chaos is anyone’s guess, but an important part of being a successful international city is the hospitality industry to welcome and feed and help those people enjoy their time here. Over the summer, we have seen continued job losses thanks to Labour’s jobs tax, with 90,000 jobs lost in hospitality across the UK. We know that many...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. How are you? Given the importance of housing to London’s competitiveness, how concerned are you about the collapse in housebuilding in London? We have had only 2,158 private houses across the whole of London for the first half of 2025.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): Mr Mayor, on the central London issue, did you consult with disabled groups prior to the announcement of the car-free day on Oxford Street for more than an hour before the issuing of your press release?

• Question by: Thomas Turrell
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Thomas Turrell AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Mr Mayor. On the subject of TfL projects and their funding, you might have seen a couple of weeks ago that Neil Coyle, the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, recently produced a report saying that to fund the Bakerloo line extension (BLE) to Hayes and Bromley, you should create a mayoral development corporation (MDC) specifically to build on Bromley’s Green Belt. Could I ask you to rule that out?