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• Reference: 2021/0409
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

TfL’s Streetspace for London programme has reduced arterial road space for motorised vehicles. The extensive rollout of so-called Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN) has displaced traffic into surrounding and arterial roads. As a result of these two measures implemented in 2020, traffic gridlock has become a regular feature on many roads. Countless videos show stranded police cars, ambulances and fire engines, or having to take time-consuming diversions to reach people in urgent need of attention. What specific concerns or warnings has a) London Fire Brigade b) London Ambulance Service, and c) Metropolitan Police Service made to the Mayor of London and...

• Reference: 2021/0410
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

As you will be aware, the London Risk Register provides a summary of the main risks affecting Greater London. The last online version published in February 2020 was prior to TfL’s Streetspace for London programme and the extensive roll out of so-called Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN) 1 . As these are contributing, causing traffic gridlock and thus hindering and possibly delaying emergency service responses, has an evaluation of the risks been undertaken. If so, will you make this available? 1 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/london_risk_register_v9.p…

• Reference: 2021/0411
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

According to a Daily Telegraph article ‘Road closures lower teacher morale and affect the quality of education’ on 23 January 2021, teachers who drive to work due to having heavy bags of schoolwork, or moving between sites, have their journeys dramatically increased as a result of pop-up cycle lanes, road closures causing bottlenecks and gridlock on main roads 1 . One head of an Academy Trust has written to Croydon Council to scrap its Low Traffic Neighbourhoods because of “enormous impact” with some staff “now seeking work elsewhere as they cannot manage the extended journey to and from work.” What...

• Question by: Navin Shah and David Kurten
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Minister Zahawi, I know this morning already you had a very busy schedule. I have heard you on Leading Britain's Conversation (LBC), we have seen you on Sky [Network] Television (TV) and you are here this morning with us. I cannot thank you enough. May I just on behalf of the Assembly if you can spare another minute, ask you a question of reassurance that we are seeking on behalf of Londoners? That is: is London now receiving its fair share of COVID‑19 vaccinations and can we be confident that it will...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

David Kurten AM: I would like to ask, yes, Martin Machray if I could, back to the people who were here before. You refer to the vaccine or the injections that people are being given from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna as vaccines. However, the substances from Pfizer and Moderna are not vaccines, as people understand vaccines. They are experimental Messenger RNA (mRNA) gene technologies. Why do you continue to refer to those two substances and injections as vaccines?

• Reference: 2021/0044
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Which data sources do you use to inform your statements on Covid-19?

• Reference: 2021/0048
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you assure me that all drivers on the London Underground are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely?

• Reference: 2021/0049
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you assure me that all drivers on London buses are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely?

• Reference: 2021/0053
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

I was most concerned to learn on 24 December 2020 that the pension fund operated by Transport for London has placed more than £25 million with Tencent, a Chinese technology company that the UN has accused of involvement in covert surveillance and censorship on behalf of the Communist regime. Tencent is said to be aiding and abetting China's surveillance state and strict censorship of its own citizens, using covert technology to spy on the persecuted Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang province, who have been forced to pick cotton, have abortions and renounce their faith. 1 What have you done...

• Reference: 2021/0054
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Do you consider that the actions of the Metropolitan Police with respect to Covid-19 have been proportionate to its severity?