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• Reference: 2020/4038
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

To ask the Mayor if he welcomes the news that the Home Secretary is planning to move responsibility for counter-espionage from the Metropolitan Police to the National Crime Agency 1 . I personally welcome this development, as I believe it will grant the Met the opportunity to re-focus on the day-to-day policing of our capital city, where its shortcomings would appear to be apparent to everybody, except for its leadership. 1 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13029971/priti-patel-britain-fbi-russian-…

• Reference: 2020/4039
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

How will TfL ensure the final phase of Crossrail is on time and on budget?

• Reference: 2020/4040
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

I note your tweet of 13 October 2020 which was headed: ‘This is my final warning to the Government on Brexit.’ In it, you advised the Government to seek an extension to the EU trade negotiations, to avoid the ‘chaos and uncertainty from an impending no-deal Brexit.’ Has Her Majesty’s Government taken heed of your final warning?

• Reference: 2020/4041
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

I am concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown (and related rules) on the safety of mental health care. NHS services are not running at full capacity and face-to-face contact with patients has reduced. How many incidents of homicide and other violent crime involving psychiatric patients have been recorded since the lockdown began in March 2020 by the Metropolitan Police?

• Reference: 2020/4042
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What is the Metropolitan Police doing to reduce the risk of homicide by mentally ill persons during a time of restricted mental health service operation?

• Reference: 2020/4043
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

How many homicides that occurred in the Metropolitan Police District were attributable to mental illness in the period 2019-20?

• Reference: 2020/4044
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What information (if any) is recorded on cannabis or other illicit drug use by homicide suspects?

• Reference: 2020/4045
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

In cases that were heard in court, in the Metropolitan Police District in the period 2019-20, how many of those charged were deemed to have diminished responsibility?

• Reference: 2020/4046
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

The killing of Sgt Ratana at Croydon Custody Suite in September caused public horror and revulsion. I understand that the suspect has been deemed mentally and physically unfit to stand trial, and that he is unlikely ever to be recorded as the murderer of Sgt Ratana. Furthermore, he has not been named as the suspect by the Metropolitan Police. I would be grateful if you would provide rationale for these decisions. Would you agree that this failure to name and prosecute detracts from public confidence in criminal justice?

• Reference: 2020/4047
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

On 20 September, LBC reported: ‘London mayor Sadiq Khan is said to be pressing for a 10pm curfew for pubs and work-from-home orders in the capital amid rising coronavirus cases.’ ‘The mayor is now urging ministers to extend the latest regional curbs – including ordering bars and restaurants to close at 10pm – to cover the capital as well, despite pleas from business leaders that such a move would be “devastating”.’ 1 However, on 7 October you tweeted: ‘We need a rapid review of the 10pm curfew. It is clearly hitting hospitality businesses hard, and it’s contributing to dangerous overcrowding...