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• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Léonie Cooper AM: I would like to start with the Commissioner, if I may. Becoming a police officer does convey a certain set of powers, so we need to be certain that the people who are going to exercise those powers are people who are fit and proper to do that and are trained, but also do not hold attitudes that would lead them to use those powers in an inappropriate way. Unfortunately, it is one of the things that women are looking at particularly, but we have also seen previous examples. The [investigation into the] [Stephen] Port murders show...

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Krupesh Hirani AM: My questions are relating to the impact of budgets and police funding. Firstly, to the Commissioner, this year the Government chose to freeze the wages of police officers earning more than £24,000, which is effectively a pay cut given inflation at the moment is at 4.1%. Sadly, we all know one of the negatives about living in our wonderful city is the cost of living and the impact that housing costs have on Londoners. What impact will freezing pay have on your workforce both in terms of morale - we all know about the representation of the...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Sakina Sheikh AM: Homophobic hate crime in this city continues to be a real concern with the number of incidents in recent months surpassing any previous month on record. We have heard from some of my colleagues around the rise in antisemitic incidents and I wanted to shed a specific light on attacks on East and South Asian Londoners, which obviously increased during the pandemic, which was not helped by hateful comments made by the former United States President. My question, first, to you, Commissioner, is: have you done any analysis as to why we are seeing such a rise...

• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 02 December 2021

Elly Baker AM: I have a couple of questions about domestic abuse for the Commissioner. We have very little time, though, just to let you know. If we could have short answers, that would be great. The first one is around the use of Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) and Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs), as well as the use of Clare’s Law, which varies significantly across London. We are aware that in Barking there are twice as many DVPOs and DVPNs used and almost four times the amount of Clare’s Law right-to-know disclosures than in Barnet. Do you know...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: One of the issues that is filling my postbag is from people on my side of the river who are struggling with the replacement bus services, which they say are just not frequent enough, particularly in the rush hour peaks. I wondered if there was any likelihood of bus frequency being improved because it is quite clear from your answer to Assembly Member [Tony] Devenish that we are talking about something that is going to longer rather than shorter, which is pretty much as anticipated. Is there anything you can do for my constituents?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Jennette Arnold OBE AM: Firstly, can I just add my congratulations to TfL staff and management for what I would call the transport revolution that has taken place across our city in the last 20 years? I say that based on the knowledge of the first transport goals and aims that were set out by the first Labour Mayor and having been able to be in a position in my constituency, with all the infrastructure development that my constituents have received, to see that 20-year strategy being delivered. Commissioner, that is the high point. I want now to raise some...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Andrew Dismore AM: What action has been taken to improve cycling infrastructure in London over the past four years?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Mr Mayor, one of the figures collected by TfL is the lost customer hours due to industrial strikes. In the eight years when we had Boris Johnson as the Mayor, 28.4 million hours were lost. Under your mayoralty so far, it has only been 5.3 million. Apart from you rolling your sleeves up and getting involved in industrial action - and London has benefitted from that - but also London has benefited from your fares policy. Can you please tell me that apart from you rolling your sleeves up and reducing industrial strikes in London, what...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Joanne McCartney AM: I will start with the Mayor. It is about train devolution. You met with the Secretary of State [for Transport] last August [2019] and things went well, but I am just wondering what discussions have been had since then about devolving some of those other suburban rail lines to TfL?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Joanne McCartney AM: I will start with the Mayor. It is about train devolution. You met with the Secretary of State [for Transport] last August [2019] and things went well, but I am just wondering what discussions have been had since then about devolving some of those other suburban rail lines to TfL?