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• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 01 December 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner, my question is to you. Trust and confidence in the MPS in London is a key issue currently. How are you working to restore the trust of all Londoners? I appreciate that you have partially answered this question in response to the question from the Chair, but can you be more specific and give some examples, especially with regard to regaining the trust of Black Londoners, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Londoners, women Londoners, etcetera ?

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 01 December 2022

Neil Garratt AM: I would like to reprise a question about fraud that I asked you at the Police and Crime Committee, I think on 2 October 2022. I was quite pleased with your answer about working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and taking a new approach, Commissioner, and obviously since then, we have seen the big iSpoof shutdown operation. First of all, I wanted to commend you on that operation, which obviously was quite a major piece of work. Have you seen a reduction in that sort of phone-based fraud as a result of that operation?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 01 December 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair, and my question is to both of you. Earlier this year, it was reported that of the 32 terror plots that have been found since 2017, 18 were Islamist-related, whilst 12 were motivated by a far-right ideology, an example of which we saw was the attack on the migrant centre in Dover last month. How is City Hall and the police service in London working with partners to understand and tackle the reasons why people are motivated to commit such acts? Mr Mayor.

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. You were asked earlier, by Assembly Member McCartney, about public transport in outer London. Mr Mayor, the frequent closures of the District Line at weekends for essential works causes a lot of inconvenience for residents in my constituency, especially Barking and Dagenham. The information I have had from TfL does not address my concerns, and this has been going on for some years. The frequent closure of Dagenham Heathway because of leaking roofs, and with the recent weather and the rains, means that the station is quite often shut. If we are to encourage...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Neil Garratt AM: Good afternoon. Listening to the way you advocate for your policy, I can understand why quite a lot of Londoners would think that it is an obvious and straightforward thing to do. You make it sound like a no-brainer, which really makes it even more impressive that the majority of Londoners tell YouGov that they do not really support it. What I find perturbing is that the way that you advocate the policy; if it is a straightforward and obvious way forward, why is it that you have to be so dishonest and unclear with Londoners about...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 06 October 2022

Neil Garratt AM: He was on LBC [radio] this morning, we know what some of his engagements were. I wanted to ask about this question of convergence. A young lad who was the Mayor of Hackney at the time signed up to the Strategic Regeneration Framework, which you mentioned earlier, which talked about the true legacy of 2012 being that within 20 years the communities who host the 2012 Games will have the same social and economic chances as their neighbours across London. We spoke a bit about that earlier. I will give you an opportunity as well in a...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 06 October 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, panel. My question is about the demands of policing mega events and it is to you, Lyn. The policing operation for the Olympics was huge and a success. However, one of the problems with policing mega events, as a Government report made clear in 2020, is the coordination between multiple agencies. With the current and anticipated increasing footfall in the Stratford area with the ABBA [Voyage] Arena and the proposed MSG Sphere, how are you working with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the British Transport Police (BTP) and other agencies to meet...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. My question is to you, Michelle. What are the current skills gaps facing London and how will the AEB tackle them?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Deputy Mayor, because I used my earlier time allocation to put forward the views of New City College, who are based all over London and do some fantastic work, I have a couple of supplementary questions. One of the things that the Mayor has long called for is the ability for London to have an occupation shortages list. Have you had conversations with the Government about this? Where are the talks? Can you remind us how this would assist London’s skills gap? This is about the occupation shortages list.

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning. Always a pleasure to hear from the Deputy Mayor and Michelle. My question, though, is: why is the Mayor not here?