‘Who hasn’t ever been caught short?’

• WITH more cafés and bars tentatively reopening and serving customers outdoors, the issue of where to spend a penny after buying a pint has caused upset in neighbourhoods across London, as people use public spaces to pee.

Given the situation we are now living in, where the normal loos people would use are still shut, we are all finding ourselves constrained by “loo leashes” which are so much more restrictive for people with disabilities who need urgent access to facilities or proper changing places toilets.

Earlier this year I put forward a fully-costed plan to the Mayor of London that found £18million to build new public toilets around Transport for London stations, including world class accessible ones, and make all the existing ones free.

It found support across the assembly, because who hasn’t ever been caught short?

I have written to Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government to make this loo package part of TfL’s rescue fund, to allow people to enjoy a day out with children, with people who have more urgent needs for loos, without restricting their lives more than necessary.

We are all finding this time very difficult, but we should not be further limiting people who want to escape their homes and take a walk.

CAROLINE RUSSELL AM
Green Party
Greater London Authority