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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: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Len Duvall AM: Mr Mayor, in the past you have said that you would wish to see the increase in the proportion of TfL’s budget spent on cycling. Your predecessor planned to spend about 1.44% in this budget year. The Assembly has done a scrutiny report that said, really, it should be up to 2% to bring us in line with other pro-cycling cities. What do you think? What do you hope to devote to cycling by the end of your first term?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, in March 2016 the British Transport Police (BTP) proposed axing its specialist sex crimes unit. Following concerns expressed by you and by others, the proposals have temporarily been halted. In fact, you were very robust in expressing your concerns. I believe that on 2 April 2016 in a speech at Brixton Town Hall you said and I quote: “I was appalled about the recent decision by the BTP to scrap the sexual violence unit. As Mayor, I will take these problems seriously.” The BTP is now undergoing a review of its services and you are...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 08 June 2016

Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr Mayor, for clarifying in answer to Assembly Member Kurten’s question that your ambitions for modal shift will lead to reductions in that traffic aspect. I want to bring you back to a question around devolution. I, like you, share the aspirations of devolution, but there are limitations to it. Your ambition for Healthy Streets, if we devolved some of the TfL budget for that and left it to the boroughs, would not happen, Mr Mayor. Would you agree with me that there are limits to devolution of those issues if...