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• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. As my new year resolution for City Hall, I think we can all agree that the office of the Mayor of London should not be for sale in the new year. I made public earlier this week that United Airlines secured free publicity and final sign off on City Hall materials in exchange for business class flights for your trip to the United States [of America] (USA) in May 2022. Now, Mr Mayor, it sounds like this may have been a one-off error of judgement, but the months-long delay in responding to our questions...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Mayor Khan. I just wanted to speak to you about the underlying issues and the reason how we got to a point where you in the previous manifesto were calling for a London-specific rent control, which should be developed with tenants, landlords and also lenders, those people who are involved in the sector as a whole. But thinking about it more broadly, [evictions under] Section 21 [of the Housing Act 1988] being the number one driver of homeless in our capital city. Just yesterday, [the London Assembly Housing Committee] as part...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair. We are talking about apples and oranges. Help to Buy, as everybody knows here, help precisely nobody on a housing waiting list. It was money for people to buy a house who clearly could not afford homes in London. It has made the affordability crisis in this capital a thousand times worse. The National Audit Office has repeatedly talked about how it was poor value for money. That money, which was spent giving taxpayer cash to people that already could afford to buy homes they could not afford, would have been better spent on...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 06 July 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to both of you. Commissioner, just last month TfL published an updated Cycling Action Plan. The Cycling Action Plan notes that the fear of collisions and road danger is the most common barrier to cycling. There are still many streets in London with too much fast-moving traffic to be safe for people who are walking and cycling. Many people tell me they are concerned the police are not doing enough to support the victims of road crime, particularly in investigations. Therefore, can you outline the responsibilities of the Road and Transport Policing...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 06 July 2023

Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning to you, Mayor Khan and Commissioner. My question is about TfL’s delivery of its 20,000 housing target. You have got a target for 20,000 homes by 2031, of which half - I am pleased to hear - will be affordable. However, on 13 June [2023] your Finance Officer said that “the focus is on bringing forward new schemes”, so taking things through planning. Given the challenges in the housing sector at the moment with interest rates, labour issues and maybe concerns that potential partners might have about their own financial position...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Just very briefly, we in the Green Group are deeply concerned by the new evidence that has emerged that the Mayor has just raised involving the conduct of a member of the Police and Crime Committee, which I chair. All of us in the Assembly have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards in public office. We are the voice of London and Londoners expect us to abide by the law. I personally would like to request a meeting with the leader of the Conservative Group to discuss this matter and I would just...

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Sem Moema AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning to all of you. I have a lot of questions for Sir John Armitt, but I want to use the full breadth of the expert panel today. So my question is for the Deputy Mayor, Seb Dance, and it is to ask you: what are the prospects of an expansion of Hall Farm Curve and train and tube connectivity to and from Chingford?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that update. I just want to pick up briefly on the arrest of a journalist reporting on protests, because that is something that we discussed back in December last year. Therefore it is worrying to hear that a journalist was arrested while reporting on a protest. But the thing that people have told me they are worried about is that the police seemed to be taking an arrest and ask questions later approach that day. Do you think that is acceptable?

• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 03 March 2022

Sem Moema AM: My question also relates to skills gaps and supporting disabled Londoners. If I could direct my question to Luke, please. Could you tell us a little bit more about the improvements the Mayor has made to improving access to learning for Londoners with disabilities and low‑income Londoners, and how that is working post‑pandemic?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 03 March 2022

Caroline Russell AM: I would like to address my questions to the Night Czar. Good morning, Amy. I would briefly like to talk to you about the work I have been doing on toilets in London. A few years ago you worked on a data‑led report that took an analytical look at the night‑time economy and people who work at night. It was some really valuable work and produced some good insights on the Living Wage at night, where data and information had been lacking. What the Health Committee has found is a similar vacuum of data on public toilets...