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• Reference: 2018/5500
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

What analysis has your office made of Public Health England’s assessment that e-cigarettes are at least 95% less harmful than cigarettes, the Department of Health’s guidance for local authorities in its most recent Tobacco Control Plan for England, and the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on e-cigarettes? What the reasons are for TfL’s ban on advertising e-cigarettes on the underground and at train stations and are there any plans to review this ban in future in light of the documents and advice listed above and a general move to help more smokers make the switch from cigarettes...

• Reference: 2018/5504
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

Given his public health responsibilities, what is the Mayor doing to encourage more active timetabling of sport in London’s schools?

• Reference: 2018/3536
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

With the UK Government increasing NHS expenditure substantially, (23% of Government spending at the beginning of the decade and is set to rise to 39%) what practical steps can the Mayor assist to enable NHS London to be more efficient learning from London Councils best practice ?

• Reference: 2018/3538
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

With electric scooters about to be rolled out in London will the Mayor use both his TFL and Health roles to ensure scooter fleet owners include private medical insurance as part of their offer to avoid a spike in NHS demand?

• Reference: 2018/2703
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 19 October 2018

Sir Robert Naylor's NHS Estates review, the unpublished London report, identifies 18 projects to cross subsidise vital NHS London estates work in order to support NHS core service delivery. Within the needs for confidentiality are you able to update the Assembly on the collaborative working between Sir Robert's team and your Deputy Mayor? Would a private briefing be possible under the auspices of our Committee structure?

• Reference: 2018/1399
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

Has the Mayor any contingency plans if London was to experience the rat problem like Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo faces, i.e. twice as many rats as people?

• Reference: 2018/0184
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 18 January 2018

Bearing in mind his responsibilities for health inequalities, when Jane Cummings, the Chief Nurse for England, complains about patients missing almost £1 billion worth of appointments each year, does the Mayor have any ideas how to cut this wastage?