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  • Street Teams

    • Reference: 2020/2925
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    I note the growing proliferation of so-called ‘Street Teams’ which now patrol swathes of London’s West End, clad in combat boots and stab vests. These individuals talk to shop owners and members of the public and are clearly carrying out the local intelligence-gathering role that used to be part of policing in London. I take it that their presence on our streets is yet another indicator of the decision by the Metropolitan Police to abandon Sir Robert Peel’s Principles of Law Enforcement. Is this the future of policing in London?

  • The Right to Protest

    • Reference: 2020/2926
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    On 29 August 2020, Piers Corbyn was slapped with a £10,000 fine for his part in the 'Unite for Freedom' rally on Saturday which saw thousands descend on Trafalgar Square in a protest against extending the Covid emergency measures. The 73-year-old stated on Twitter that he had been handed the fixed penalty fine as ‘organiser’ 1 . If Piers Corbyn was fined £10,000 for ‘breaking COVID laws’ surely the organisers of the Day of Ashura march and the #MillionPeopleMarch should face the same. If not, why not? 1 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/trafalgar-square-antilockdown-ma…

  • Accusation of Police Racism

    • Reference: 2020/2927
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    On 9 August 2020, police stopped a vehicle being driven through Hackney, to speak to the driver of the vehicle. The Metropolitan Police subsequently stated that the stop was a mistake, caused by an officer incorrectly entering the car's registration number. From the footage available, Dawn Butler MP immediately announced to the officers that she was a Member of Parliament and subsequently accused the officers of racism. 1 Scotland Yard’s Deputy Commissioner Sir Steve House said officers could not have known Butler and the driver of the BMW car were black before they stopped it, because the windows were tinted...

  • Seized Vehicles

    • Reference: 2020/2928
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    To ask the Mayor how many road vehicles have been seized by the Metropolitan Police over the last five calendar years. Please categorise the reason for seizure, i.e. no insurance, failure to stop for officers, being involved in a road traffic collision, or believed to have been used in a criminal offence.

  • Tasers

    • Reference: 2020/2929
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    To ask the Mayor how many times the Metropolitan Police have used Tasers over the last five calendar years and please categorise the reason for their use.

  • Metropolitan Police Morale

    • Reference: 2020/2930
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    What has been the effect on the morale of the rank and file of the Metropolitan Police in consequence of the introduction of direct-entry at inspector level, which overturns centuries of tradition that all police officers commence their careers at the rank of constable?

  • The Queen Victoria Memorial

    • Reference: 2020/2931
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    At the top of Pall Mall stands Sir Thomas Brock’s Victoria Memorial which features a resplendent seated figure of the Queen Empress. Given that memorial’s overt celebration of the mother figure of the British Empire and imperial might, do you think it should be removed?

  • The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm (1)

    • Reference: 2020/2932
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    Can the Mayor tell us what the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm will cost the public purse?

  • The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm (2)

    • Reference: 2020/2933
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    Will the members of the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm be paid and if so, how much?

  • The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm (3)

    • Reference: 2020/2934
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
    Will the members of the Commission have the status of public appointees? ie on what terms?