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• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): C ould you start the clock on this? Mr Mayor, you referred to the important objective of ensuring that as many stations as possible have step-free access. There is, however, once people using wheelchairs know where the lifts are, shall we say where step-free access is, then they can plan their journey. It does not help with planning their journey when so many lifts in outer London seem to go out of order on a repetitive basis. I wondered if you might look into that for the future, see what progress has been made. Last year...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): Thank you. Lord Hendy, when was the last time you met with the Mayor to talk about the LLDC?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Andrew Boff AM: Yes. You said, Mr Mayor, that you could not be more proud of the work that you have done on rough sleeping. Could you write to me and indicate how much of the funds on rough sleeping come from Government and how much are locally sourced?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 09 June 2022

Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): Thank you very much. Mr Mayor, in January [2022] I wrote to you and asked what alternatives to diesel fuels are being used in the construction traffic and the construction efforts at the Silvertown Tunnel. You said diesel alternatives were prohibitive in price. Could you share with me why they are prohibitive, the actual costs that were looked into?

• Reference: 2021/1140
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How have your planning policies supported inclusive growth in Outer London?

• Reference: 2021/1141
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How many public toilets have been lost in London in the last 10 and 20 years?

• Reference: 2021/1142
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Al fresco dining is returning to the West End this year, where 60 roads were either closed, or pavements widened to support the economy and hospitality sector in a safe way. Will you consider introducing a seasonal policy on this in the future to enhance footfall and restaurant use?

• Reference: 2021/1143
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How will you ensure that short-term population shifts as a result of the pandemic don’t influence London’s funding for the next 10 years as a result of the census?

• Reference: 2021/1144
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

As the pandemic starts to ease and people are spending more time outdoors in public places, litter has already started to increase. Will you be launching a litter campaign as well as urging local authorities and other stakeholders to increase bin capacity in public places?

• Reference: 2021/1145
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

There is a vast amount of privately owned green space in London, much of which is there for public amenity, for example, sports fields. However, CPRE London reports that many fields are being deliberately fenced off, stopping pitches from being booked, removing public access and allowing the land to become derelict, with a view to applying for planning permission once five years has passed and Sport England can no longer challenge them. What policy and legal levers are there to challenge private landowners to keep the fields in use for sports, where relevant, and open for public amenity more generally?