• Reference: 2021/4394
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

The 50m pool in Crystal Palace Sports Centre has been closed since March 2020. Can you provide me with an update on the discussion over repair work, as well as an explanation of why progress is so slow and what you are doing to push the importance of this facility to the local community and the need for urgent action?

• Reference: 2021/4393
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Please set out the donations GLA functional bodies have received from the Freemasons over the last five years broken down by (i) the functional body, (ii) the amounts received and when they were received.

• Reference: 2021/4392
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

One in five of the older Londoners polled in a recent survey by Age UK cited a lack of “access to good enough equipment and / or broadband” when asked about the reasons why they didn’t use the internet more. A lack of access to the internet can often mean missing out on more affordable online only deals from energy providers and many other services. Will you bring together internet providers and call on them to introduce social tariffs for broadband that are either free or genuinely affordable for older people, including adding Pension Credit as part of the eligibility...

• Reference: 2021/4391
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Vaccination rates in London continue to be lower than the UK average and this is likely to be a contributing factor discouraging tourists from returning to the capital, with London’s hotel occupancy still lower than rest of UK. What more are you doing with boroughs and others to tackle this issue?

• Reference: 2021/4390
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

The UK is out of step with rest of Europe in not having a lower rate of VAT on ticketing for cultural events and experiences, which has a significant economic impact on London. Will you push Government for VAT ticketing reform to help stimulate the recovery of the arts sector after Covid?

• Reference: 2021/4389
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Older Londoners play an important part in London’s economy, particularly on our high streets, with research from Homes For Later Living showing 80% of people in retirement flats use shops daily. What are you doing to ensure London’s high streets are more welcoming and attractive to older Londoners?

• Reference: 2021/4388
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

On 1 November 2021 there was a serious incident in which an e-scooter battery caught fire on a Tube train and continued to burn on the platform at Parsons Green Tube Station. Can you confirm a full investigation into this is taking place by TfL, including consideration of whether it is safe to allow e-scooters to be carried on public transport at all?

• Reference: 2021/4387
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

According to the latest figures revealed by the Fire Brigades Union London has 1,112 fewer fire fighters than 2010, ten fewer fire stations and 57 fewer fire engines. What do you believe the impact of these cuts has been and what more are you doing to increase the numbers of fire fighters in particular?

• Reference: 2021/4386
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Please outline the timetable for making the LFB’s vehicle fleet reach zero emissions.

• Reference: 2021/4385
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

What steps are you taking to ensure that every fire door set sold in London has the correct documentation and traceability requirements to ensure the quality, safety and traceability of all fire doors through rigorous and independent third-party certification? Will you work with fire door manufactures and door processors who are part of industry schemes, such as the British Woodworking Federation’s Fire Door Alliance, which requires all timber door suppliers to have third party certification?