• Reference: 2020/4558
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

How is the Met working with HMRC and other financial authorities to tackle money laundering?

• Reference: 2020/4557
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Further to my MQ 2019/0405 and subsequent meeting with TfL officers what progress has been made in ensuring all TfL toilets are free to use? I note that during the pandemic those TfL toilets that still required a charge were to be made free, if possible, to reduce the need for cash handling. Have charges now been scrapped at all TfL facilities and will these changes be made permanent?

• Reference: 2020/4556
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Can you reassure my constituents that the increased use of e-scooters will enable pedestrians to use pavements safely? We must ensure greener forms of transport are safe for all concerned via additional regulation and by ensuring there is not a law enforcement deficit.

• Reference: 2020/4555
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

The Home Office has used specially chartered flights to deport rejected refugees and migrants en masse for 12 years now. A constituent of mine wants Government to end this method of deportation for foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children. Do you share her concerns that mass deportation flights are a violation of basic human rights?

• Reference: 2020/4554
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

It is clear that some sectors, especially retail, hospitality, aviation, culture and creative, are being hit harder by rising unemployment than others. Can you give a breakdown of levels of unemployment in these sectors, using the most up to date figures available?

• Reference: 2020/4553
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Are LTN schemes blunt tools, failing to achieve the desired benefits of the Streetspace programme to promote healthy streets? In some case they are having negative impact. So, don’t you think the current implementation procedures need replacing by more effective and collaborative work between TfL, Department of Transport and Councils ensuring that due consultations and equality impact assessments are undertaken before implementation and there are clear strategies to monitor the outcomes and reviews?

• Reference: 2020/4552
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

In your initiative you refer to actions and targets by gender and ethnicity. What will be the process for monitoring outcomes and review if needed?

• Reference: 2020/4551
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

It is suggested that UK could lose £60 million a day through a slump in tourism. London’s Tourism industry accounts for one in seven jobs in the capital. This, in the short and long term also means a deep decline in the viability of various sectors including retail, leisure, creative, culture and hotels etc. Experts within the tourism industry agree that the tourism sector needs much greater and specific support from Government. How far has the Government recognised this and do you think there is adequate support available from Government for a sustained recovery?

• Reference: 2020/4550
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

The Tier two announcement allowing restaurants and some pubs to remain open has seen a distinct increase in bookings and been welcome by the hospitality sector. However, the sector is still facing a tough time beyond festive period. What do you expect Government to do the help the sector on its knees and how can you do to revive the hospitality sector in London?

• Reference: 2020/4549
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

The recent poll from the London Assembly Health Committee indicates worrying stats in that a quarter of Londoners (“15% very unlikely”, “10% fairly unlikely”) to take the vaccines with “17% don’t knows”. The concerns are further compounded by additional polls highlighting the reluctance of people from BAME communities to get the jab (“23% very unlikely” and “14% fairly unlikely”). What London wide strategies are planned to encourage much greater take up and extensive and effective distribution of vaccines?