• Reference: 2025/3017
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Do you welcome the Government's welfare plans, which it claims will get more people back into work?

• Reference: 2025/3016
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

In June 2024, UK inflation was 2.8% but it has now risen to 4.1%, hammering Londoners' cost of living over the last year. Are you concerned about this, and what representations have you made to the Government about this?

• Reference: 2025/3015
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

When did you last meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the damage her National Insurance increase is doing to London businesses and workers, especially in the crucial leisure and hospitality sectors?

• Reference: 2025/3014
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

The Government’s latest National Insurance hikes have led to 69,000 job losses in the hospitality sector since April. How many of these job losses are in London?

• Reference: 2025/3013
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

The latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor for London finds "April’s rise in employer’s National Insurance Contributions has been a major concern for businesses in the capital, with the proportion of businesses citing the tax burden as a growing challenge reaching a survey-record high of 57% in Q2 2025. This proportion is among the highest recorded in the UK and is nearly three times the historical average (20%)." What meetings have you had since April with London businesses to understand these serious problems?

• Reference: 2025/3012
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

The latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor for London finds "April’s rise in employer’s National Insurance Contributions has been a major concern for businesses in the capital, with the proportion of businesses citing the tax burden as a growing challenge reaching a survey-record high of 57% in Q2 2025. This proportion is among the highest recorded in the UK and is nearly three times the historical average (20%)." This new Government's National Insurance increase is damaging jobs and growth in London, are you lobbying them to rethink it?

• Reference: 2025/3011
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Given that KPM Automotive – which I understand is the only known repairer of the Mercedes Vito’s tight turning circle – is to cease trading, will Transport for London continue to license Mercedes Vito taxis that remain otherwise roadworthy and pass all relevant safety checks, but whose tight turning circle mechanism is no longer functioning and cannot be repaired?

• Reference: 2025/3010
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Please will you provide me with further details about the health status of the victim sent to hospital and also data about the bus route, bus operator and bus garage involved in the 11 June 2025 ‘Bus Collision Incident’ near Liverpool Street Station?

• Reference: 2025/3009
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Please will you provide me with further details about the health status of the victim sent to hospital and also data about the bus route, bus operator and bus garage involved in the 25 June 2025 ‘Bus Collision Incident’ in Putney?

• Reference: 2025/3008
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 11 September 2025

Please will you provide me with further details about the health status of the victim sent to hospital and also data about the bus route, bus operator and bus garage involved in the 12 June 2025 ‘Bus Collision Incident’ on the tram tracks in Croydon?