• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Susan Hall AM: Morning, Mr Mayor. You will be aware of the very, very strict rules around food. In fact, you have been commenting on it just now. So strong are these rules that Ed Gamble, a comedian, I am sure you know, had to photoshop out a hot dog and replace it with a cucumber on an advert for his show. Amazing. However, you have a company called Wahed which is a finance company and featuring on those adverts is a chap called Mufti Menk, who is known to have denounced homosexuality as “filthy” and said that “gays were...

• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

James Small-Edwards AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, are you surprised that Assembly Member Best’s report ignores the role played by Brexit and the last Government’s economic mismanagement in posing challenges to London’s nighttime economy?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Mr Mayor, I wondered if you would like to just do a quick comparison for us in terms of standing up for London since 2016 with the previous Mayor of London, who apparently, I believe, gave away quite a number of things to the then Prime Minister [The Rt Hon Lord] David Cameron and the then Chancellor [The Rt Hon] George Osborne [CH], that has led to a number of problems, for example the operating grant for TfL, and so on.

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Neil Garratt AM: Morning. Thinking about requests that you are making of Government, you previously made it very clear that London needs, in your view, £4.9 billion a year for ten years for funding for affordable housing. That was a request that you made of the previous Government. Have you made the same request of the new Government?

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Hina Bokhari AM: Thank you. Only 23 per cent of venues in London were open past midnight on a Saturday, according to research. Do you still stand by your statement that London is leading the world in its 24-hour policy, and will this be a main priority for the new appointee if selected?

• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Gareth Roberts AM: Thank you for that reply, Mr Mayor. Good morning. I think it is widely accepted that there were some questions regarding the previous appointment and the democratic accountability contained therein. Should you choose to reappoint or fill the vacancy in the Night Czar role, will you ensure that any future appointment to the role will be made as a political appointment in order to allow robust scrutiny by the Assembly, without fear of breaching employment law, as was a recurring problem with Ms Lamé’s appointment?

• Reference: 2024/3468
• Question by: Chair, London Assembly
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): The Mayor will now provide an oral update of up to five minutes in length on matters occurring since the publication of his report.