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• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Right. My question is on vaccination hesitancy in BAME communities and to start with, I would like to address my question to Dr Coffey. According to the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), only 57% of BAME people would be willing to take a COVID‑19 vaccine in comparison with 79% of white people. In particular, confidence is reportedly lowest amongst black communities, with some reports of 72% not willing to take the vaccine. The spread of the misinformation and conspiracy theories via social media networks can be identified as one of the causes of this. What...

• Reference: 2023/1481
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

Is London now receiving its fair share of COVID-19 vaccinations and can we be confident that it will continue to do so over the coming months?

• Reference: 2021/0376
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

How is the London Recovery Board ‘reinventing the high street’ in Outer London and what actions are being considered, both during the pandemic and beyond to halt the decline of high streets and create self-sufficient neighbourhoods contributing to the local economy and that of London?

• Reference: 2021/0377
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Bus and tube fares have been the lowest in London over the last 20 years. However, due to Government conditions the fares will be going up from March 2021. What impact there will be from the fares increase? Will this deter people from using public transport and have a detrimental impact on London’s environment?

• Reference: 2021/0378
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

I note that London TravelWatch has written to the TfL Commissioner and approached Assembly Members expressing concern about plans to stop taking cash across all London Underground, DLR and London Overground station ticket offices and machines in the new year. My constituents too have raised similar concerns as reported in the survey conducted by TravelWatch. Any chance of a rethink on this matter?

• Reference: 2021/0379
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Research undertaken involving three mini-Holland schemes (Enfield, Kingston and Waltham Forest) to see whether mini-Holland and LTN schemes had affected vehicle ownership showed that these schemes, particularly those with an LTN, lead to traffic evaporation. What resources are provided to Outer London Boroughs for mini-Holland schemes and how are these co-ordinated with LTNs?

• Reference: 2021/0380
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

How confident you are that the new transport patrols carried out by a new ‘Project Servator’ team will prevent an attack in London given a warning that investigations are at a record high? What part can Londoners play in this for their own safety?

• Reference: 2021/0381
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu has recently said that online radicalisation has got worse during the pandemic and police are really concerned about that. Will the new website together with a new national Police Prevent Advice Line do the job to tackle this issue? What steps are being taken to monitor the progress?

• Reference: 2021/0382
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

The Secretary of State seems to have directed more control to local authorities over the definition, location and height of tall buildings based on the authority’s own policies. How does this allow ‘strategic’ control of tall buildings across London to ensure that they are not detrimental in respect of their location, height, quality of design and overall built/environmental impact on London?

• Reference: 2021/0383
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

What measures will you be taking to remind Londoners of the rules they need to follow under Tier 4 and further serious concerns due to the Covid-19 variant?