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2021 London mayoral election: ITV News London studio debate; ENGLAND: London: Islington: Union Chapel: INT Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London), Shaun Bailey (Conservative Mayoral Candidate), Luisa Porritt (Liberal Democrat Mayoral Candidate), and Sian Berry (Green Mayoral Candidate) LIVE STUDIO debate SOT (3 of ) Q: On Stephen Lawrence day and plans to rebuild trust between Met and certain communities Shaun Bailey (Conservative Mayoral Candidate) answering SOT - As a youth worker I spent all my time trying to bridge that gap - bring the community in and say to them "I'm a critical friend but this community has a point and you must listen and make that change" - challenge for community is many more people who can make police more diverse to join as well - will work on getting as many people as I can into that police service Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) answering SOT - Invest in our police and not cut services to the public - action plan - Last summer after traumatic murder of George Floyd listening to Black Londoners - better scrutiny of the police, how the police are policed - roll out of body-worn videos - can now look at interactions between police and public - largest number of Black officers we've ever had - have 40% of new recruits next year from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds Luisa Porritt (Liberal Democrat Mayoral Candidate) answering SOT - Part of reason recruitment isn't working is that people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities feel that the police is not for them - reform stop and search and scrap suspicionless stop and search because we know it's ethnic minority Londoners who are more likely to be stopped under those blanket powers Sian Berry (Green Mayoral Candidate) answering SOT - Haven't learned lessons from Stephen Lawrence case - work on London Assembly on police and crime committee and every time I look at the data it shows police are using force disproportionately against ethnic minorities and too man...