• Reference: 2022/2893
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

London this summer saw wildfires on an unprecedented scale, including the loss of several homes in Wennington. What lessons have you learned from these fires, and what actions are you now taking to reduce the risk of wildfires to Londoners and their homes and businesses?

• Reference: 2022/2892
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Given that Londoners spend more on vaping than residents in any other city in the country, the incorrect disposal of e-cigarettes is potentially contributing an additional burden of electrical waste. What are you doing to address this issue?

• Reference: 2022/2891
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide figures on GLA-supported tree planting in London by year since 2016, including the number of trees planted, broken down by borough?

• Reference: 2022/2890
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The operator of the Beddington waste incinerator is proposing to use diesel to burn waste to further increase the volumes burned there. Given the impact on Londoners’ health from diesel-fuelled vehicles, do you agree that it is unacceptable to have diesel used to burn waste?

• Reference: 2022/2889
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

What mitigating impact do you expect from the power purchase agreement tender that was issued in June 2022 against the increase in the cost of energy to the GLA group of organisations?

• Reference: 2022/2888
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

What is the expected increase in the GLA annual energy cost, across each of its functional bodies, given the increase in the cost of wholesale energy?

• Reference: 2022/2887
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The Channel 4 programme Dispatches aired an episode entitled Britain’s Water Scandal on 29 August 2022, showing that there are undocumented sewers in London, which combine rainfall and other sewage to direct it into watercourses. What action is the GLA taking to assist water companies in identifying these sewers and stopping them polluting water in London?

• Reference: 2022/2886
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

We are now nearing the end of the year that Alok Sharma MP has been president of COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. What actions have you now taken in London since your attendance at the conference, and do you consider them to be enough to tackle the many problems with which climate change presents us all?

• Reference: 2022/2885
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

We are now nearing the end of the year that Alok Sharma MP has been president of COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. What successes do you consider to have been achieved during this presidency for London and what advice would you offer to the incoming president of COP27 on the priorities for major cities?

• Reference: 2022/2884
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The Government of the Netherlands has reduced the maximum number of aircraft movements to Schiphol airport by 12 per cent. Given concerns about climate changing emissions, do you consider that there should also be a decrease in the maximum number of aircraft movements to London airports?