• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

Susan Hall AM: Thank you. Morning, Mr Mayor. You have said, and I am talking about stop and search here, you famously have always said that you would do everything in your power to cut the use of stop and search. Will you support your Commissioner [of Police of the Metropolis] who is now saying that he wishes to increase stop and search?

• Question by: Alex Wilson
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

Alex Wilson AM: Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr Mayor. You know that on a national level we have the highest tax burden since the [Second World] War and here in London, year on year on year, you have increased your share of the Council Tax by inflation-busting amounts. Do you accept that your administration has played a part in the cost of Government crisis?

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

Emma Best AM: Thank you. Morning, Mr Mayor. You have committed to funding UFSM for the next four years. Could you let me know which budget that will come from?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Congratulations on your re-election and welcome back. Just before I get into the matter on hand, I just want to say, as a Jewish Londoner and a Jewish politician, to a Muslim Londoner and a Muslim politician, thank you for your solidarity during the campaign and keeping our communities together. I appreciate that and I know Londoners do too. On the matter in hand, during the election, you said that you will demand action from Thames Water. You have just said it is getting things wrong and that it needs to do...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you. You will probably have noticed that Assembly Member Bokhari rather delightfully asked my question as it was listed, which related to the plans for swimming in the next ten years, and you have covered off some of the things that I wanted to ask about in your answer to her. I just wondered if you could talk a bit about whether or not you think the EA, which has been stripped of money and staffing, needs to be beefed up to address some of the issues that relate to the activity or indeed the inactivity...

• Reference: 2024/2046
• Question by: Chair, London Assembly
• Meeting date: 23 May 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. Mr Mayor.