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  • Legal Highs Notting Hill Carnival

    • Reference: 2015/2638
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 16 September 2015
    Before this year's Notting Hill Carnival, attendees were warned by Paul Gibson, London Ambulance Service Tactical Commander, not to take legal highs due to the potential for those consuming them needing emergency treatment. In one incident alone at this year's Carnival - police confiscated 400 canisters of nitrous oxide. Can you update us as to what steps you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service have taken to further discourage the use of legal highs in London?
  • Fibre Optic Broadband

    • Reference: 2015/2213
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 15 July 2015
    Many residents and businesses say that they are constantly promised that their internet speeds will be increased, but in fact there has been very little progress. Can the Mayor therefore give a borough by borough update on what is happening with the installation of fibre optic broadband in London?
  • Friendly London

    • Reference: 2015/1990
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 17 June 2015
    The Olympic legacy and our work towards making London an 'Age Friendly' city have strengthened our reputation as one of the world's friendliest cities. How can we utilise our reputation to bolster London's global influence?
  • Legal Highs

    • Reference: 2014/4956
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
    The Prime Minister has spoken up in the last week about the need to combat the rise of so called "legal highs." Given your role in relation to policing in London, will you be campaigning for a change in regulations about the sale of these perceived "legal highs”?
  • Sectioned Children Detained in Metropolitan Police Cells

    • Reference: 2014/4958
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
    How many children sectioned under the Mental Health Act were detained in Metropolitan Police cells in the last two measurable years?
  • Illegal Imitation Alcohol Sold in London

    • Reference: 2014/4959
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
    What steps are the Metropolitan Police taking to curtail the sale of imitation alcohol from London shops?
  • Hate crime consultation

    • Reference: 2014/3547
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2014
    Do you welcome the fact that MOPAC have undertaken a consultation into reducing hate crime in London?
  • Smear campaigns

    • Reference: 2014/1914
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 11 June 2014
    i) Will you look into complaints regarding Operation Fernbridge's dismissal and alleged smear campaign against a victim who claims she was abused by an ex-minister in 1967? ii) Having now seen what happened to the Stephen Lawrence family and discovered possible smear campaigns, how does this affect confidence in policing and what can you do to counteract this?
  • Children in prison

    • Reference: 2014/1916
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 11 June 2014
    I have uncovered data that over 300 children between the ages of 15-17 are in prison in London. How many of these children are in custody for non-violent offences?
  • Tasers and children

    • Reference: 2014/1917
    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 11 June 2014
    How many young people under the age of 18 have been Tasered by the MPS in the last two years?