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  • Hate Crime (1)

    • 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?

  • Hate Crime (2)

    • 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…

  • Hate Crime (3)

    • 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?

  • Hate Crime (4)

    • 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?

  • Policing (1)

    • 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?

  • Policing (2)

    • Reference: 2018/5235
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    With over 80% of hate crimes now being screened out, will the mayor now admit that his narrative of an upsurge in hate crimes in London was simply not true?

  • Beat Policing

    • Reference: 2018/5228
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    To ask the Mayor whether Londoners can expect to see sworn and warranted police officers patrolling the streets of London on foot again in their lifetimes?

  • Working with the Government to Achieve a Public Health Approach to Violent Crime (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    Mr Mayor, just carrying on from my colleague’s question, with the public health approach to violent crime, knife crime in particular, apparently, as I understand it, from the examples of Scotland that are often quoted, stop‑and‑search was integral still to it. Is that not right?

  • The March for a People's Vote

    • Reference: 2018/3088
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
    On 20th October, I noticed posters with the text 'March For A People's Vote' being advertised on the London Underground, which I found surprising, as I am aware that political advertising is not permitted. I note that regulation 2.3 (n) of TfL's Advertising Policy states: 'More particularly, an advertisement will be unacceptable if: it promotes a party political cause or electioneering. Advertisements must conform to TfL's policy on use of resources, with particular care exercised in pre-election periods.'* Given that the march was part of the attempt to overturn the decision by the British People to leave the European Union...

  • London Stadium

    • Reference: 2018/3089
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
    To ask the Mayor how many times he has met with Baroness Brady?