• Reference: 2021/3035
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

What action are you taking to support London’s markets to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic?

• Reference: 2021/3034
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Given the importance of food delivery services during the pandemic and the recent findings from Which? that ordering through an app was 23% more expensive, will you write to the largest food delivery companies and ask them to ensure that Londoners required to self-isolate to stop the spread of COVID-19 are not paying over the odds for food deliveries, and that any additional costs as a result of delivering food must ensure that those working in the food and delivery industries are paid a London Living Wage?

• Reference: 2021/3033
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Will you encourage London’s employers to pay full sick pay to all those Londoners required to self-isolate to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus?

• Reference: 2021/3032
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

It was reported (https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-government-hid-sick-pay-scheme-for-w…) that the Government suppressed access to sick pay for people isolating at the height of the pandemic and that the Treasury instructed officials to conceal from the public how the furlough scheme could help those isolating. Do you agree that Londoners who are required to self-isolate to stop the spread of COVID-19 should be entitled to full pay?

• Reference: 2021/3031
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Gingerbread have found that nearly a third of working parents are concerned that childcare responsibilities will make them more vulnerable to redundancy when furlough ends. How can you support working parents in London concerned about this and what should the Government do to support them when furlough comes to an end?

• Reference: 2021/3030
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

How will you work to ensure that self-employed Londoners receive at least the London Living Wage?

• Reference: 2021/3029
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

How will you support London’s self-employed workers in your second term?

• Reference: 2021/3028
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Given the recent ruling that Deliveroo riders are self-employed and are not entitled to organise through a trade union for better working conditions, will you write to the Chief Executive of Deliveroo and encourage the company to do the right thing and ensure good working conditions and pay for Londoners that work for them?

• Reference: 2021/3027
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Will you join the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in calling on the Government for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting?

• Reference: 2021/3026
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Would you consider a webpage on the GLA website which shows Londoners which employers are Living Wage accredited and/or Good Work Standard accredited to promote good employers in London and support Londoners in supporting good employers?