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• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

David Kurten AM: Good morning, everybody. My first question would go to David Bellamy. I think you would be the person to answer this, but if you are not you can pass it on. My question is, what remuneration will the members of the London Transition Board and London Recovery Board be receiving for their service?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: My questions are to start off with to John O’Brien. I want to ask about support for businesses in London, with a particular focus on the restaurant industry. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, as of July last year there were nearly 16,000 restaurants in London employing around 325,000 people. Clearly, the sector has been hit very hard by COVID-19. Data showed in March, before the pandemic had fully hit, that 71% more food and accommodation businesses closed this March than they had in the previous March. John, I wonder if you could...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: My first question is to David Bellamy and it is about the balance between lives and livelihoods. Many politicians and commentators have portrayed the journey out of lockdown as a trade-off between the economy and health and between lives and livelihoods. Do you agree that this is a false distinction and that there cannot really be a full economic recovery without the public being confident that going about daily life is safe?

• Reference: 2019/20078
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

What do you consider to be the most challenging issues facing the Met Police over the next year?

• Reference: 2019/20082
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

What can the Metropolitan Police learn from recent events to meet the challenges of the future?

• Reference: 2019/20083
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

How does London’s policing support our human rights?

• Reference: 2019/20084
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

At a meeting of Merton Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on the 11th September Sally Benatar, the Basic Command Unit (BCU Commander, stated that there are five key performance indicators for the South West BCU, one of which is ‘Stop and search – increase the amount we are doing’. Are you concerned that such simplistic performance indicators might be counter-productive and undermine public confidence in the police?

• Reference: 2019/20085
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

At a meeting of Merton Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on the 11th September Sally Benatar, the BCU Commander, stated that there are five key performance indicators for the South West BCU, one of which is ‘Stop and search – increase the amount we are doing’. Is such a policy being followed by any other BCUs within the Metropolitan Police Service?

• Reference: 2019/20086
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

How many young people from within the North East constituency have been identified as being involved in county lines drug dealing?

• Reference: 2019/20087
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 31 October 2019

How does the Metropolitan Police support those exploited by gangs as part of County Lines activity so that they are kept safe from further exploitation?