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  • Extinction Rebellion (6)

    • Reference: 2019/20207
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Do you still regard Extinction Rebellion as, to use your word, 'Allies'?
  • Extinction Rebellion (1)

    • Reference: 2019/8899
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
    You encouraged the Extinction Rebellion protests in the week before Easter, with arrested demonstrators claiming that their actions were effectively endorsed by you Tweeting: ‘We’re facing a climate emergency. I fully support the right of protesters to protest on this vital issue and urge organisers to work with police to ensure their demonstrations are peaceful and lawful and that disruption is kept to a minimum.’ However, the UK contributes a tiny fraction of global carbon emissions, just 1% and falling. By contrast, China produces 29% of the world’s CO2 emissions. How much responsibility you are going to shoulder for these...
  • Extinction Rebellion (5)

    • Reference: 2019/8903
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
    To ask the Mayor is it true that protesters at the Extinction Rebellion protests before Easter were provided with prepared witness statements, designed to convince the courts that their actions were a “reasonable and proportionate response”? These documents advised protesters to tell officers that they have the support of the Mayor of London, who has declared a “climate emergency” in London.
  • Allotments

    • Reference: 2017/0323
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2017
    With more than 700 allotment sites across Greater London, what can the Mayor do to make sure they are protected from development and so continue to act as social hubs and ecological oases, promoting not only healthy lifestyles, but also a place for children to learn?
  • PHVs in Heathrow Villages

    • Reference: 2016/2827
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 20 July 2016
    There have been many reports of alleged anti-social behaviour by PHV drivers in Little Harlington Playing Fields and PHV drivers parking for extended periods on Sipson Lane. Will the Mayor increase the police presence in these areas to investigate and deal with the alleged poor behaviour?
  • Risk of subsidence and landslip on housing sites

    • Reference: 2016/0091
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 20 January 2016
    Will you ensure that TfL and the London Land Commission study the risk of subsidence and landslip on any potential housing sites near transport infrastructure, and avoid building on land such as that near the New Cross Gate Cutting which has a history of damaging and disruptive landslips?
  • Your message at the Paris Climate Change Summit

    • Reference: 2015/3674
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
    What can you take to Paris to give confidence about London's commitment to tackling climate change?
  • Forthcoming National Air pollution plan

    • Reference: 2015/2642
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 16 September 2015
    Will you publish the key policies that you have told the Government are needed for London to achieve compliance by 2020?
  • On the road pollution tests

    • Reference: 2015/2643
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 16 September 2015
    Should TfL undertake an annual reality check of the emissions being produced by its own taxis and buses using portable emissions technology, such as the Nanoparticle Emission Tester?
  • 15 year taxi age limit - emission

    • Reference: 2015/2663
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 16 September 2015
    Can you explain the logic in continuing the 15 year age limit for black cabs prior to new zero emission capable taxi's being manufactured? Are you not encouraging drivers to buy polluting vehicles, when all their colleagues will be buying much cleaner vehicles from 2018 onwards?