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• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

That was a wonderful piece of positivity from you about Brexit, Mr Mayor, and I thought, well, perhaps from spending nearly three years in the same room as me on occasions, I might have given you some of my optimism about Brexit. Unfortunately, today I have heard too much pessimism, I think. The language that some people use about Brexit is far too pessimistic. You talk about sleepwalking towards a cliff, crashing out and so on, but the people voted to leave the EU because the people were right in being optimistic. The people see this not as those things...

• Reference: 2019/2108
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 07 February 2019

What are your plans for the future of the black cab trade in London?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

Mr Mayor, you are being far too gloomy about Brexit because Brexit is going to be a fantastic thing for this country, as you know. It is quite strange that you used the phrase there “crashing out” because we are not going to be crashing out of the EU. We are going to be walking into our freedom. The greatest wisdom that I have heard in the last month or two is the phrase “no deal, no problem” because we will be leaving and going into World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. There are a couple of things that you said...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

Mr Mayor, I did not get a chance to finish my question of you earlier, but I am glad I could hear your answers to the Labour Assembly Members because you did mention that after two and a half years people understand the reality of the EU. The EU is falling apart. Italian and German banks are nearing the point of collapse. In France there is civil unrest and protest at some of the measures that the EU has brought in with carbon taxes and so on. People all across Europe are very unhappy with the EU. I know that...

• Reference: 2018/5229
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

I have recently seen a quantity of footage, mostly shot by cabbies, of ambulances on call, trapped in traffic gridlock at Tavistock Place. Has TfL measured the impact of the Tavistock Place cycle scheme on London Ambulance Service response times?

• Reference: 2018/5230
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

To ask the Mayor how many animals are currently being investigated by the Metropolitan Police for so-called ‘hate crime’ and how many of these investigations have been conducted over the last three years?

• Reference: 2018/5231
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

With the revelation from the government that “There is no criminal offence in the UK of hate speech”, will the Metropolitan Police Service now change their approach to hate crimes as speech can no longer be termed as hateful? https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2018-12-05/debates/49F2CB46-26D3-4D…

• Reference: 2018/5232
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

As there is no criminal offence in the UK of hate speech, how many officers and resources will be freed up no longer having to arrest people for what has been said?

• Reference: 2018/5233
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

As there is no criminal offence in the UK of hate speech, will the online hate crime hub now be disbanded and the money and resources used to tackle real crimes?

• Reference: 2018/5234
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

With more and more crimes being screened out each year, are we seeing a failure of policing in London with criminals simply outwitting the police?