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Glyphosate use by the GLA (2)

  • Reference: 2020/3836
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
Thank you for your answer to my question 2020/2614. You state the use of glyphosate on the GLA estate will be phased out: “eventually.” By what date will glyphosate use be phased out?

Incentives for reusable products

  • Reference: 2020/3835
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
Will the next update of guidance from the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) include the offer of a reusable nappy incentive as a tool for boroughs to increase their recycling rate as recommended in the London Assembly Environment Committee report, Single-use plastic: unflushables, published in August 2018?

Reducing disposable nappy waste

  • Reference: 2020/3834
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
How are you reducing the amount of single-use plastic disposable nappy waste ending up in landfill and/or being sent for incineration?

Borough partnerships for reusable nappies and period products

  • Reference: 2020/3833
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
What plans do you have to encourage London boroughs to partner with midwives and health visitors to communicate to new parents and carers the availability of reusable nappies and period products?

Education on reusable nappies and period products

  • Reference: 2020/3832
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
What steps have you taken to educate parents and carers about the environmental and economic benefits of using reusable nappies and period products, as outlined in the London Assembly Environment Committee report, Single-use plastic: unflushables, published in August 2018?

Shovel-ready green infrastructure projects

  • Reference: 2020/3831
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
At the London Assembly plenary on 5 November 2020, co-chair of the London Recovery Board Georgia Gould said: “we identified over a billion pounds of shovel-ready green infrastructure projects which could immediately create jobs in the capital.” Could you provide a list of these shovel-ready projects?

Refusal to Benchmark London’s Safety Performance to World City Peers

  • Reference: 2020/3828
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
Given your election pledge “to lead the most transparent, engaged and accessible administration London has ever seen”, how do you justify your refusal to benchmark (a) London’s Transport Covid-19 deaths as set out in Question 2020/2574 and (b) pedestrian deaths involving TfL buses as set out in Question 2020/3277, to its ‘world city’ peers?

Crossrail’s Managing of Risk

  • Reference: 2020/3827
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
Is it correct that in May 2018 Crossrail decided to discontinue the monitoring and updating of its risk registers as part of the project’s ‘demobilisation’ and that the risk management process was only reinstated in April 2019, following remobilisation of the risk management function? If this is the case, do you think this is acceptable and what steps did you take to address this?

Action Against Developers Who Continue to Leave Buildings with Unsafe Cladding or Serious Fire Safety Issues

  • Reference: 2020/3826
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
Some developers have been given significant sums of money by the GLA to continue building properties in London, despite leaving thousands of their own leaseholders and residents in dangerous buildings, with leaseholders and shared owners facing bills of hundreds of thousands of pounds in some cases. Whilst understanding the need to build new, affordable homes, what action will you take against developers you are funding who continue to avoid any responsibility for buildings that have been cladded with dangerous cladding or have other serious fire safety defects?

Use of Food Banks by BAME Londoners

  • Reference: 2020/3825
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
Data recently released shows that 9% of BAME Londoners used food banks in July 2020 compared with just 1% of White Londoners. Do you share my concerns around the particular and disproportionate economic impact of the pandemic on BAME Londoners, and how are you working to address this?
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