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• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Zack Polanski AM: T hank you, Chair. On new year’s resolutions, what will be your relationship or the nature of your relationship with United Airlines in the future?

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Krupesh Hirani AM: Thank you, Chair. The Evening Standard - this was a Rachel Burford [Chief Political Correspondent] article - reported in May [2023] that the Leader of Harrow Council and Harrow councillors, and senior local Tory officials, were running a Facebook group that celebrated ULEZ camera vandalism. One post linking to a news story about the destruction was captioned, “Well done”. Posts and comments on the group also spouted Islamophobic tropes about you and had unacceptable posts referring to a child sex offender on their page. What are your thoughts on the Harrow Conservatives running a Facebook page that...

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 06 July 2023

Krupesh Hirani AM: Thank you, Chair. My question is to the Mayor. You froze all TfL fares under your control for the first four years of your mayoralty and in these last three years the fares have gone up due to requirements in the Government funding deal made with the pandemic. What would you like to do with fares when you are no longer bound by any Government requirements?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you, Chair. If I can turn to Caroline Sheridan from Thames Water, Caroline, the design of homes viz the clever devices that can capture rainwater and use that water, whether it is flushing a loo or watering a garden, and that can really reduce water usage, especially at scale. When we come to an updated London Plan and a new Environment Strategy, can the Mayor do more to reduce the mains water that is used in Londoners’ homes?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, panel. My questions are for Charlie Wood of the Environment Agency. As we are speaking, the news is reporting the horrendous wildfires that are happening in Canada and across North America. People are being asked to wear masks because of the air pollution. We have seen our own wildfires and floods in London, including last year the London Fire Brigade had their worst day in terms of callouts since World War II. Around flooding, you brought forward your own plans for a new Thames Barrier. That means you are going...

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Krupesh Hirani AM: Thank you, Chair. First of all I would like to address a question to Sir John, referring to another John, John Dickie, from John Kavanagh’s organisation [BusinessLDN], has stated that cutting back on HS2 is a false economy and it will lead to increased costs in the future. What are your observations on this?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 03 March 2022

Zack Polanski AM: My question is also for the Deputy Mayor. Deputy Mayor, I am certain that like myself and so many people ‑ in fact, everyone in this room ‑ you have been horrified by the nightly images we have seen on the news and on social media of the invasion of Ukraine, and I hope you will join me in saying loud and clear that refugees are welcome here. That is purely for humanitarian reasons. What I would love you to speak on, though, is what benefits new arrivals can have to London, to lift up our economy.

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 03 March 2022

Krupesh Hirani AM: My first question is to Richard. One of the important sectors in London’s economy is the construction sector. It is clear from supply shortages of construction materials since Brexit and also the pandemic, as well as increasing costs, that this will leave an impact on not just the Mayor’s, but also councils up and down the country’s ability to carry on delivering affordable housing in their areas. How important is building affordable housing to London’s economic recovery and London’s businesses?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 03 March 2022

Zack Polanski AM: Luke, I want to continue the conversation about high streets and I also want to bring it back to a conversation we had earlier about smart, privacy‑friendly, fair road user charging. If we look at high streets, we can look at Waltham Forest with the mini‑Holland. The evidence there is clearly that people spend more than when they are on foot than when they are in cars. In fact, TfL’s own research shows that pedestrians spend 40% more than people driving. Now, there are obviously health benefits, environmental benefits and safety benefits to reducing traffic and making...

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Krupesh Hirani AM: One of the things that residents who live in the existing undeveloped area quite rightly ask is what is in it for them. We have spoken already about the transport interchanges between HS2 and the Elizabeth line, but there is nothing quite as annoying as having to go into central London to come back out of again. One of the other long-term transport proposals for this area is the West London Orbital. Can you shed some light on how discussions with TfL are going and with the West London Alliance (WLA) are going on developing the West...