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  • Unconscious Bias Training

    • Reference: 2021/0400
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2021
    The Government’s Equalities Office ‘Unconscious bias and diversity training – what the evidence says’ report published 15 December 2020, concluded that there: “is currently no evidence that this training changes behaviour in the long term or improves workplace equality in terms of representation of women, ethnic minorities or other minority groups”. It also states that there is emerging evidence of unintended negative consequences. As a result, it is being phased out in the Civil Service 1 . Given this damning conclusion, will you instruct City Hall, Metropolitan Police Service, London Fire Brigade and Transport for London to cease all unconscious...

  • Unconscious Bias Training at City Hall, LFB, TfL

    • Reference: 2021/0402
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2021
    Since you came to office in 2016, how many employees in a) City Hall b) London Fire Brigade, and c) Transport for London has been given unconscious bias training. How much did this cost?

  • New Years’ Celebrations

    • Reference: 2021/0052
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 21 January 2021
    To ask the Mayor, how much in fines was handed out by the Metropolitan Police to Londoners celebrating the New Year? Commander Paul Brogden, leading this year’s operation, said: ‘We are still dealing with the stark reality of fighting a deadly virus. Although the New Year is almost upon us, now is not the time for complacency or to meet with others and hold parties of any kind. If people insist on gathering and breaching regulations, then officers will attend and encourage people to disperse. Where necessary, enforcement action, including fines starting at £100 and working their way up to...

  • London Election Counting Locations

    • Reference: 2020/4337
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    What alternative locations do the GLA plan to use instead of Excel for vote counting in next year's London elections, given that Excel is in use as a Nightingale Hospital?

  • London Election Counting Machines

    • Reference: 2020/4338
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Given the widespread reports and allegations of election fraud using Dominion/Smartmatic machines and systems in the US Presidential elections, what is the GLA doing to remove Smartmatic from involvement in the counting of votes in the London elections on 6th May 2021?

  • US Election Statements

    • Reference: 2020/4037
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Do you regret your recent statements concerning the US presidential election?

  • Brexit

    • Reference: 2020/2200
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
    On 23 June 2020, you tweeted: ‘Four years ago, the UK voted to leave the EU. Four years on, we still have no sign of a deal. The PM needs to put politics aside and extend the Brexit transition period so that our businesses and public services aren’t forced to face yet another cliff edge.’ Why is it you still find yourself unable to accept the will of the British People, as expressed in the democratic outcome of the referendum vote in 2016?

  • The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm

    • Reference: 2020/2201
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
    As I stated at the last Mayor’s Question Time, I am perturbed by your decision to establish a Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, thus making City Hall the arbiter of history in London. This should make us all deeply uncomfortable - no politician should take it upon themselves to become judge, jury, and executioner of a country’s history. In a liberal democracy, history should be debated and discussed, but never hidden or erased. Whether we like it or not, there are good, bad and ugly elements of Britain's past. London is the site of many national memorials and...

  • Brexit

    • Reference: 2020/1668
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 June 2020
    Given that today’s MQT falls on the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo – another occasion on which this country saved Europe from tyranny, could the Mayor please explain what he hopes to achieve by petitioning Her Majesty’s Government for an extension to the Brexit transition period?

  • Brexit

    • Reference: 2020/1477
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 21 May 2020
    To ask the Mayor for an update on his campaign for a second referendum on Brexit.