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• Reference: 2023/4818
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

In your answer to my question 2019/20119, you noted you were considering a memorial to the 12,000 Londoners who lost their lives in the Great Smog of 1952, and identified the 70th anniversary in 2022 as the best way to do so. Could you provide me with an update on your plans for any such memorial?

• Reference: 2023/3566
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/3532 about the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, in which you said: “Given the significant opposition that exists and the local disruption this event causes I have written to both ExCel and the event organiser strongly urging them not to hold this event at ExCel in the future.” Could you tell me what response you received from both ExCel and the event organiser, and what further representations have you made to both ExCel and the organiser about not holding this event in London?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, everyone. My question is for Enver Solomon. I met recently with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants in preparation for this plenary. They told me about the experience of a woman who claimed asylum in the UK, was 33 weeks pregnant and living in asylum accommodation near Gatwick. She was being given food that was unsuitable during pregnancy. She complained about the food to the hotel and medical practitioners from her hospital also spoke to hotel managers saying that the food was unsuitable for her and her baby, but no...

• 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...

• 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?

• 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...

• 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?

• 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.

• Reference: 2020/1486
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 21 May 2020

I note the content of your video conversation with Tehran’s Mayor Pirouz Hanachi on 24 April 2020 1 . What representations have you made to Her Majesty’s Government in respect of sanctions placed on the Iranian regime by the United States? [1] https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/04/24/623818/Hanachi-Sadiq-Khan-Teh…

• Reference: 2020/1064
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

What do you consider to be this Assembly’s greatest achievement over the past four years and why?