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• Reference: 2020/2935
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

How are the individuals who will comprise the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm be selected?

• Reference: 2020/2936
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

How do you intend to ensure a balanced body of opinion on the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm?

• Reference: 2020/2937
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Does the Mayor believe that Londoners should be proud of the city’s great history?

• Reference: 2020/2912
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

On what authority are you establishing the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm?

• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Peter Whittle AM: Thank you very much, Mr Chair. Good morning to the panel. My question I think I have to ask you all, and maybe someone can answer it. It is just about London’s - if you want to call it - cultural industry. I do not mean by that necessarily the creative industry. I mean in terms of theatre, in terms of performing arts, in terms of all the things that make up a huge part of London life and, of course, the economy. What are your views on the future of that? How do you see that...

• Reference: 2020/2195
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Over the last month, I, like many other Londoners, have been increasingly concerned by images on social media of Metropolitan Police officers retreating from scenes of public disorder. Is the Mayor satisfied with the response of the Metropolitan Police to recent events on London’s streets?

• Reference: 2020/2200
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On 23 June 2020, you tweeted: ‘Four years ago, the UK voted to leave the EU. Four years on, we still have no sign of a deal. The PM needs to put politics aside and extend the Brexit transition period so that our businesses and public services aren’t forced to face yet another cliff edge.’ Why is it you still find yourself unable to accept the will of the British People, as expressed in the democratic outcome of the referendum vote in 2016?

• Reference: 2020/2201
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

As I stated at the last Mayor’s Question Time, I am perturbed by your decision to establish a Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, thus making City Hall the arbiter of history in London. This should make us all deeply uncomfortable - no politician should take it upon themselves to become judge, jury, and executioner of a country’s history. In a liberal democracy, history should be debated and discussed, but never hidden or erased. Whether we like it or not, there are good, bad and ugly elements of Britain's past. London is the site of many national memorials and...

• Reference: 2020/2202
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

I understand that one of the declared aims of Black Lives Matter UK is to ‘defund’ the Police. Given the scale of the funding problems facing the GLA at the moment, do you think this would be a good idea?

• Reference: 2020/2203
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On 10 June 2020, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu the Metropolitan Police’s head of counter-terrorism issued a statement through Scotland Yard's Press Office - condemning the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and bemoaning: 'the racial bias built into the very fabric of our institutions and society'. Regardless of whether you share or endorse that particular opinion, is it ever appropriate for a senior officer of the Metropolitan Police to make a personal statement of this kind? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52989109