• Reference: 2022/3959
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Have you carried out an assessment of the extent to which – within London’s low-paid sectors – employers paying higher pay or offering better terms and conditions see better business performance compared to those employers that do not?

• Reference: 2022/3958
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Are you aware of the findings of the report from the Social Market Foundation entitled “Working lives”, and do you agree with its assessment that businesses have a key role to play in alleviating in-work poverty in London?

• Reference: 2022/3956
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

London has been in a drought for several months that looks set to last well into next year. What discussions have you had with construction and infrastructure sites to encourage them to reduce water abstraction during this drought?

• Reference: 2022/3955
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What steps are you taking to monitor and prevent water pollution at major infrastructure construction sites such as the Silvertown Road Tunnel?

• Reference: 2022/3954
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What meetings and discussions have you and GLA officers had with external organisations such as, but not limited to Thames Water and the Environment Agency, to deal with a sustained drought in London, and what plans have come from them?

• Reference: 2022/3953
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Did you or any staff in the GLA group attend COP27 and, if so, what meetings did you take part in at and around the conference programme?

• Reference: 2022/3952
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What actions have you taken to address light pollution in London, what plans do you have to further develop your plans and what targets have you set?

• Reference: 2022/3951
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Is any aviation expansion in London acceptable?

• Reference: 2022/3950
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

The Climate Change Committee has said that a reliance on offsetting carbon emissions by businesses risks delaying the achievement of net zero. Since 2016, what carbon offset schemes have your office and the wider GLA invested in or purchased to mitigate impacts by staff in the GLA, and how do you assess their standards and minimise their use?

• Reference: 2022/3949
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What planning has been undertaken to provide warm places where Londoners can safely get rest and support during the winter when there may be power cuts?