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• Reference: 2020/4341
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

I would like some assurance from you that under the current Coronavirus restrictions officers of the Metropolitan Police will not be entering licensed premises to argue with landlords and customers about whether a Scotch Egg constitutes a ‘substantial’ meal and ordering customers to leave pub premises as soon as they had finished their meals, thus preventing them from ordering more drinks 1 . In my opinion, for a variety of reasons, which I have previously raised, the Metropolitan Police has not done its reputation any favours over the last year and I believe that a heavy-handed approach to this issue...

• Reference: 2020/4322
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Do you think it is ever appropriate for senior officers of the Metropolitan Police to engage in matters of political controversy?

• Reference: 2020/4243
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 11 December 2020

What has been the outcome of the Metropolitan Police's review into the security failure at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on Armistice Day (11 November 2020), when activists from Extinction Rebellion hijacked the event?

• Reference: 2020/4036
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Is the Mayor content with the performance of the Metropolitan Police over the last six months?

• 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: 2020/4040
• 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: 2020/4047
• 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...

• Reference: 2020/4048
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

On 8 October 2020, the Press Association reported: ‘Five police officers are being investigated for misconduct by the Independent Office for Police Conduct over stopping Team GB athlete Bianca Williams in a car in Maida Vale, London, in July.’ Could you please explain why these five officers have been referred to the IOPC?

• Reference: 2020/4050
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

I note the report in the Evening Standard of 21 October 2020 which states: ‘Scotland Yard is being urged to withdraw “misleading and unlawful” advice that pubs ask customers for photo ID to stop households mixing. The Metropolitan Police sent a letter telling licence holders that they should take steps to ensure groups in their premises were only from one household or part of a support bubble. This could include asking for photographic identification with names and addresses, it added. The letter, dated October 16, came the day before new Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions banning households from mixing indoors came...

• Reference: 2020/4051
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

To ask the Mayor if the demonstration held at the Nigerian High Commission at the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Great Scotland Yard on the afternoon of Saturday 24 October was compliant with the terms of its risk assessment, government guidelines and whether the demonstrators maintained social distancing. If this was not the case, could you please explain what fines were handed to the organisers by the Metropolitan Police.