• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Mr Mayor, first of all I want to echo the thanks you gave to all the frontline people who work hard for us. Of course, as London, we were in the hands of the Government also and the Government educated the whole of the country on the reproduction (R) number and the COVID-19 curve, but what it did not mention was the curve for preparedness. This Government was behind the curve in declaring a national emergency. It was behind the curve in the lockdown. It was behind the curve in getting nursing homes already. It was...

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, in 2016 you committed to starting 10,000 homes on TfL land by May 2020. How many have you started?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Shaun Bailey AM: Thank you, Chair. Firstly, can I commend Assembly Member Duvall for his tenacious pursuit around this domestic violence piece and serial offenders. It is really important and I want to congratulate him and encourage him to keep going. Mr Mayor, to pick up on the points, what work is City Hall doing and what work is your office doing around helping the police do more focused work in recovering from this outbreak of COVID-19? I speak to many people in the community who are absolutely worried about outbreaks in gang crime and individuals making threats across the...

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Susan Hall AM: Thank you, Chair. This is to Mary [Harpley]. I am sorry if the precise figure was mentioned earlier but I did not catch it if it was. Niran [Mothada] specifically referred to the commitment to the Green New Deal. If I recall, the Mayor put aside or committed £50 million to it at the last minute in the budget in February. Can you confirm what level of funding you are looking at for this at the moment given our uncertain finances, please?

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Siân Berry AM: I want to ask David Bellamy a follow-up on a written question that I put to the Mayor in May when I asked about emergency decision-making during the crisis. In answer to that question, which was question 1473, he told me that the decision to suspend the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), Congestion Charge and Low Emission Zone was an urgent TfL decision taken by TfL’s Commissioner, but this contradicts the press release the Mayor sent out, which said that he had instructed TfL to do this. The issue I want to raise here is about documenting...

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. May I add my thanks to all the members of the panel for all the work that they are doing across London and helping Londoners. My question is for Mr Bellamy. I am sure you are aware, Mr Bellamy, that across London there are around 5,000 people being put up in the hotels by different partners at the moment, many hundreds of whom are rough sleepers. Will you work with me and a number of other organisations that I am working with across London to provide the accommodation and support services needed for those...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Nicky Gavron AM: Thank you very much, Chair. I want to add my thanks to the team and the panel in front of us for all the work you are doing. My question is to Niran Mothada. To ensure that we have a real green economic recovery and a just transition, will you be building into the social recovery working group and the economic recovery working group green thinking at the very heart of all the work that it has been doing and is going to do? Also, can you tell me how you are going to translate the principles...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Joanne McCartney AM: My question is to Niran. Looking forward at economic recovery, do you think there is a balance between jobs, in terms of the amount of jobs and job security we can offer, and making sure that companies offer good terms and conditions? Is that something that the Recovery Board has at the forefront of its mind?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Murad Qureshi AM: Thank you, Chair. My question on childcare is addressed to Niran Mothada, the Executive Director of Strategy and Communications. Childcare is going to be a huge issue when Londoners return to work and in fact has actually been a huge issue whilst we have been in lockdown, as women have been taking up the bulk of caring duties. How can the Board support parents returning to work either at the office or from home, given that I understand 34% of early years providers are facing closure due to COVID-19, as reported by the Sutton Trust?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Navin Shah AM: Thank you very much. My question is on mental health and the question is to Niran Mothada. The mental health of Londoners has been hugely impacted by COVID-19. What are the arrangements made for supporting Londoners with mental health issues arising out of the pandemic and how is it going to be dealt with in the new normality in the capital?