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  • Begging in Oxford Street

    • Reference: 2019/17361
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    To ask the Mayor what steps are being taken to tackle the permanent begging pitches which have been established in Oxford Street.

  • Brexit

    • Reference: 2019/17350
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    I note your tweet of 28 July 2019, in which you stated: ‘The only sensible course of action is for the new Prime Minister to withdraw Article 50 and allow a public vote on Brexit - with remain on the ballot paper.’ 1 However, on 21 July 2016, on the ‘Speak to Sadiq’ show on LBC, you stated: ‘There are rules in a game, there are rules in an election and unfortunately my side lost. The British public has voted to leave the European Union. You also said: ‘I've got grievances about how the campaign was conducted but the reality...

  • Public Relations and the Mayor

    • Reference: 2019/14237
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
    To ask the Mayor how much money the Mayor’s Office has spent on public relations over the last three financial years and what his budget is for this item in the current financial year.

  • 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe

    • Reference: 2019/12076
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2019
    On 8 June 2019, Business Secretary Greg Clark announced that May Day Bank Holiday will be moved to Friday 8 May next year, so the nation can mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Allies in Europe in the Second World War. 1 What plans does the Mayor have for Londoners to mark this auspicious occasion? 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48565417

  • Article 50

    • Reference: 2019/8897
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
    In the article published under your name in The Independent on 22 March 2019, you called for Article 50 to be revoked, stating: ‘It was possible for the prime minister to secure a Brexit deal that protected our jobs, economy and the rights of EU citizens in the UK while respecting the outcome of the referendum. Britain could have left the institutions of the European Union while remaining in both the customs union and the single market.’ This position is intellectually incoherent, because it champions the interests of big business over the hard-pressed consumer. Added to which, the EU’s customs...

  • Mayor’s Press Officers

    • Reference: 2019/4077
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2019
    To ask the Mayor how many press officers are currently employed by his office?

  • Freud Communications

    • Reference: 2019/4078
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2019
    To ask the Mayor how much taxpayers’ money the GLA has paid the PR agency Freud Communications in the financial years 2016/17, 2017/18 and the current financial year and what specifically has been the purpose of this expenditure?