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• Reference: 2019/20761
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

On the afternoon of Friday 29 November, officers from the Metropolitan Police shot dead Usman Khan, who had stabbed two people to death on London Bridge. He had been released from prison after serving less than half of a 16-year sentence for serious terrorism offences. Three hours later, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations Neil Basu stood outside New Scotland Yard and stated that he couldn't possibly speculate about the motives behind the attack. 1 Given that the police must have known within five minutes of killing him who Mr Khan was, how does Mr Basu’s statement make any rational sense...

• Reference: 2019/20201
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

To ask the Mayor, at what point did the Metropolitan Police decide to adopt, especially with regard to sexual offences, an approach of what in my view, appears to be ‘always believe the victim’?

• Reference: 2019/20202
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

On 15 October 2019, you tweeted: ‘I'm seeking further information from senior officers about the operational decision to impose a section 14 order on the Extinction Rebellion Autumn Uprising – and why this was necessary’. What response did you receive from the senior officers concerned?

• Reference: 2019/20203
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

I note the events of the morning of 17 October at Canning Town Underground Station, in which members of the public pulled two members of Extinction Rebellion off the roof of a tube train. Where were the police that morning?

• Reference: 2019/20204
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

To ask the Mayor what lessons have been learned by the Metropolitan Police from the activities of Extinction Rebellion in October 2019?

• Reference: 2019/20205
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

How much did the demonstrations and disruption by Extinction Rebellion in London in October 2019 cost the police?

• Reference: 2019/20206
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

How much did the demonstrations and disruption by Extinction Rebellion in London in October 2019 cost London's economy?

• Reference: 2019/20207
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Do you still regard Extinction Rebellion as, to use your word, 'Allies'?

• Reference: 2019/19706
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

To ask the Mayor why on 3 October 2019 the Metropolitan Police permitted activists from Extinction Rebellion to park a decommissioned fire engine outside HM Treasury Building in Horse Guards Road and attempt to spray the building with 1,800 litres of fake blood?

• Reference: 2019/17357
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Was Mr Basu’s statement cleared by the Metropolitan Police’s own in-house counsel?