• Reference: 2023/3585
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/2618. Could you tell me what response you will be making to the Government’s consultation to “explore the causes of, and potential measures to combat, avoidance, evasion, and poor rating agent behaviour within the business rates system, to protect essential funding for local services.”?

• Reference: 2023/3584
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What specific engagement have you carried out with young people through the Planning for London Programme in order to prepare for a future London Plan review in the next Mayoral term?

• Reference: 2023/3583
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. Your Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development wrote to Building Safety Minister Lee Rowley MP on 7 August about RAAC to ask what steps the Government is taking to investigate the risk to residential homes. Could you share a copy of this letter and outline briefly the concerns that you have about RAAC in residential homes?

• Reference: 2023/3582
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. What wider assessment have you made of the implications of this problem for resilience and strategic planning in London?

• Reference: 2023/3581
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. Have Transport for London (TfL), London Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) all assessed their estate to ensure that the buildings they own do not contain any RAAC and, if they have found any related risks, what are they and what actions are being taken?

• Reference: 2023/3580
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Are you confident that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has heard the voices of young people at their borough meetings about the A New Met for London plan, and does the MPS have any plans to follow up to hear more specifically from young people on what they think about policing in London?

• Reference: 2023/3579
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

In the foreword to the July 2023 plan, A New Met for London 2023-25, published by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), it says that the plan is: “the product of more than 10,000 interactions with Londoners, our people, and partners from across the city.” Are these interactions recorded anywhere and could these interactions be shared publicly?

• Reference: 2023/3578
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Trees have recently been cut down on MOPAC land at Fresh Wharf Estate in Barking, near to the River Roding. What was the reason for these trees being felled and how does this fit in with your aims to increase tree cover in London by ten per cent by 2050?

• Reference: 2023/3577
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

On 10 July 2023 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) sent a letter to schools in Bromley saying that no young people will be allowed entry into The Glades shopping centre in Bromley unless accompanied by an adult. Is it appropriate for the MPS to be denying unaccompanied children access to this space, especially during the summer?

• Reference: 2023/3576
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

When travelling to the London Book Fair in April 2023, Ernest Moret, the foreign rights manager of French publisher La Fabrique, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This was subsequently the subject of a report by the reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall KC. What steps is the MPS taking to ensure that counter terrorism powers are not used for public order reasons or to investigate protesters?