• Reference: 2022/1389
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Why are you deciding to ramp up borrowing of this kind now, at a time of rising rates generally?

• Reference: 2022/1388
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

In your budget for 2022-23, you set out your intention for the GLA to sell a £500m ‘Green Bond’, the revenue from which will be used for Net Zero projects in the capital, primarily the decarbonisation of buildings. The sale and management of the bond would be facilitated by £86m from your budget. What has prompted this strategic shift to debt funding? The GLA has only borrowed in this way twice before.

• Reference: 2022/1387
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Given the significant carbon footprint involved in mining and exchanging cryptocurrency, will you consider banning crypto currency advertisements from the TfL network?

• Reference: 2022/1386
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Do you think the consultation around the CRMP could have been handled and planned better, and will you be ensuring the LFB learn lessons for future consultation processes?

• Reference: 2022/1385
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

I think it is essential that the new CRMP is in place by the end of this year at the latest, but I am concerned that the LFB has stated it aims to ensure this “provided no further circumstances arise that would prevent this.” Can you confirm that getting the new CRMP is a priority for the LFB and will be in place by the end of this financial year?

• Reference: 2022/1384
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Do you share my concern over the significant fall in the percentage of LFB cadets who are female since 2018, as outlined in the data from your response to MQ 2022/0305?

• Reference: 2022/1383
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Please provide an update on how the LFB is working to capture data on buildings with common fire alarm systems that still have waking watches and how much of an issue this is in London?

• Reference: 2022/1382
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Please explain why the GLA does not have the necessary powers to create and provide an approved list of reliable, trustworthy waking watch providers for those who still require them in London?

• Reference: 2022/1381
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Can you confirm the timescales for all firefighters in London to complete higher, level 2, training to enable them to deliver a search and rescue response whilst supporting a multi-agency response to a terrorist attack involving firearms or more sophisticated weaponry?

• Reference: 2022/1379
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Are you confident that you have meaningful engagement with the London Age Friendly Forum?