• Reference: 2020/3918
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What action are you taking to support the Uighur Muslim community in London, and will you join me in my letter to the Foreign Secretary to urge him to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions upon Chinese officials involved in human rights violations?

• Reference: 2020/3917
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

How are you supporting London’s Chinese business community, with the increased incidences of Sinophobia since the outbreak of COVID-19?

• Reference: 2020/3916
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

How has London and Partners been able to work with the tourist industry to ensure that the industry is ready to bounce back once infections are lower/a vaccine is found?

• Reference: 2020/3915
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

With Europe entering a second wave of Covid-19, what support does London’s tourism industry need to survive?

• Reference: 2020/3914
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Has the TfL Streetspace programme been able to assist any businesses, as it has made pavements wider and safer, not only for walking but also for use by cafes, restaurants, etc?

• Reference: 2020/3913
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What advice and guidance are you providing to local authorities to encourage permission to be granted for hospitality businesses such as cafes and restaurants to use outdoor spaces (including public pavements) when these venues can re-open again?

• Reference: 2020/3912
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What messages are you hearing from your Business Advisory Group and other retail groups in London about the damage of COVID-19 on the usual ‘golden quarter’ for retail in the run-up to Christmas?

• Reference: 2020/3911
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

As well as the financial challenges brought by the latest lockdown, there is a huge emotional cost to many small businesses owners who have spent the last few months making their businesses COVID-secure in the hope of re-opening. What advice and support can these business owners be given (for example peer-to-peer advice)?

• Reference: 2020/3910
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

How are you, your Economic Development Team and the Recovery Board working with local authorities and the private sector to promote the use of meantime spaces in buildings which are temporarily vacant as a result of Covid-19?

• Reference: 2020/3909
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Are you monitoring the number of vacant offices in London and if so, to what extent has the number of unused/vacant office spaces changed since March 2020?