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• Reference: 2019/20761
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

On the afternoon of Friday 29 November, officers from the Metropolitan Police shot dead Usman Khan, who had stabbed two people to death on London Bridge. He had been released from prison after serving less than half of a 16-year sentence for serious terrorism offences. Three hours later, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations Neil Basu stood outside New Scotland Yard and stated that he couldn't possibly speculate about the motives behind the attack. 1 Given that the police must have known within five minutes of killing him who Mr Khan was, how does Mr Basu’s statement make any rational sense...

• Reference: 2019/21009
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

How are you engaging with young Londoners to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to formulating policy?

• Reference: 2019/21010
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

One of the Mayor’s strategic priorities is tackling child health inequalities and good nutrition is central to reducing such inequalities. Does the Mayor therefore agree that as schools are hubs in all communities and central in providing food to children, universal free school means for all children should be a pan-London strategic priority and if so, what are you doing to enable this to happen?

• Reference: 2019/21011
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Trussell Trust data shows that 88,379 emergency food parcels were provided in London between April to September 2019 ( https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/mid-year-stats/ ). This suggests the year on year increase in food parcel provision since 2012/13 will continue in 2019. Do you agree that an increasing reliance on food parcels marks a failure of government policy?

• Reference: 2019/21012
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Research by the Trussell Trust shows that the primary reason for referral to a food bank in April to September 2019 was low income ( https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/mid-year-stats/ ). How important is it that we tackle poverty as the root cause of food insecurity in London?

• Reference: 2019/21013
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Please can you provide an update on the progress made against your ambition to measure household food insecurity set out in your London Food Strategy.

• Reference: 2019/21014
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

How are you spreading best practice to employers across London, so that we can end the disparity in pay for women?

• Reference: 2019/20201
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

To ask the Mayor, at what point did the Metropolitan Police decide to adopt, especially with regard to sexual offences, an approach of what in my view, appears to be ‘always believe the victim’?

• Reference: 2019/20202
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

On 15 October 2019, you tweeted: ‘I'm seeking further information from senior officers about the operational decision to impose a section 14 order on the Extinction Rebellion Autumn Uprising – and why this was necessary’. What response did you receive from the senior officers concerned?

• Reference: 2019/20203
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

I note the events of the morning of 17 October at Canning Town Underground Station, in which members of the public pulled two members of Extinction Rebellion off the roof of a tube train. Where were the police that morning?