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• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Unmesh Desai AM: I have two sets of questions to put to you, Mr Mayor, but the Commissioner might wish to come in. My first question is what type of crime on the transport network. The latest crime statistics bulletin shows an “upward trend in violence/serious public order offences on the Tube, DLR and London Underground”. On 18 January [2019] through the media I was told that violent crime on the London Underground has risen by more than 43% in the past three years. Let us put those figures into context. This was not good news, but it should be...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Steve O’Connell AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Just returning briefly to your exchange with Joanne [Joanne McCartney AM] regarding buses in outer London, something I have been banging on about for some considerable time, speaking for, for example, Sutton - and just for once I will not mention the tram, although I just did - it is particularly poorly served by public transport. Joanne probably hit the nail on the head. Looking at increasing services in outer London in a zero-sum game is naturally going to lead to potential reductions elsewhere. Really, what I want to hear from you, Mr...

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Fiona Twycross AM: TfL’s latest Travel in London report says that most cycling in London is undertaken by people who cycle regularly and that the majority of the population do not do this, and that people who cycle currently are more likely to be white, male, and earning more than £20,000 a year. How will your new plan encouraged non-cyclists - and unfortunately I count myself among those - to give cycling a try?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Tom Copley AM: Mr Mayor, you have said that by March 2021 you will have started on property development sites covering 320 acres of TfL land that will support 10,000 new homes. In June 2016 the Commissioner said that this is very much the first phase. When will you announce what phase two will comprise?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Susan Hall AM: The point is that we agree with the ULEZ but not being brought in when it is because it is damaging small businesses. You say you are going to be the most pro‑business Mayor ever. There is absolutely no evidence of that going forward whatsoever. You said you expect the opening of ULEZ to run pretty smoothly. If it does go badly or less well than you think it is going to go, will you learn lessons from that and consider making changes to your plans for the 2021 expansion?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Caroline Russell AM: I would just like to come in on this question since the lead-off question was looking at subsidy and motorists and ask you about any progress that you are making on workplace parking levies.

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Andrew Boff AM: When will the bus fleet be zero‑emission?

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Florence Eshalomi AM: Apologies, kids. Mr Mayor, coming back to the ULEZ and the fact that it is the poorest Londoners who are suffering with poor air quality, the action that you are introducing will have a big impact on helping children like this in terms of improving their lungs. I know that there is a scrappage scheme you have launched and I should declare an interest in that I do have a car and I do drive but it is literally to Tesco’s and back. The fact is that there are a number of small businesses who are concerned...

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Florence Eshalomi AM: Commissioner, relations with some in the taxi and private hire industry seem to have broken down given the recent blockades and strikes happening outside Palestra. Can you tell me what you are doing to repair that relationship, please?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you. Just on the availability of rapid chargers, it is not only installing enough new ones, it is also making sure that the existing ones are actually working. We are hearing about people saying that they are often out of order. What are you doing specifically to make sure that the chargers that are already installed are reliably working?