• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• Reference: 2020/3824
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Recent data has shown that youth unemployment has risen by a staggering 200% since the start of the year in London, significantly higher than the increase seen nationally. This has largely been attributed to the impact of the pandemic on sectors such as the events and creative industries, as well as hospitality, that have suffered massive falls in revenue because of COVID-19. How will you be working to ensure young people and the creative industries are at the heart of London’s recovery from COVID-19?

• Reference: 2020/3823
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

There are concerns over the future of some of London’s most iconic LGBTQ+ venues, which are a hugely important to London. I am sure you agree that it would be terrible, both economically and socially, if many of these venues were to permanently close. What specific work are you and the Night Czar doing to support the capital’s LGBTQ+ venues, which do not only contribute significantly to London’s economy, but are a significant part of the capital’s rich cultural history?

• Reference: 2020/3822
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

With only a handful of nightclubs in London receiving Culture Recovery Funding, leading industry figures have warned it risks being decimated, which will lead to thousands more job losses in London and mark a huge blow to our economy. How are you working with London’s nightclubs to get them the support they need, both during the second lockdown and afterwards, with the possibility they may have to continue to remain closed for a significantly longer period of time than many other venues?