• Reference: 2019/8875
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Do you agree that all apprentices in London should be paid at least the London Living Wage, as they are when employed by City Hall and the GLA group of organisations?

• Reference: 2019/8874
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Your Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise helpfully organised funding for the Portobello Business Centre to support businesses in the immediate wake of the Grenfell disaster. Will there be another round of funding to help businesses still suffering from the effects of the disaster?

• Reference: 2019/8873
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Portobello Business Centre supports businesses directly affected by the Grenfell disaster and those in the area suffering from the ‘mini recession’ in the wake of the disaster. These businesses struggle to attend pre-arranged meetings and would benefit from community outreach. Will your office fund an outreach business advisor to reach more small businesses who need help?

• Reference: 2019/8872
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Small business tenants of Transport for London (TfL) who have been affected by the Grenfell disaster have told me they were disappointed to discover that rent relief offered by TfL in the wake of the disaster was much lower than other business landlords in the vicinity. In future will TfL consider greater levels of rent relief that match other landlords in the vicinity when small businesses are affected by adverse events?

• Reference: 2019/8871
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Small business tenants of Transport for London (TfL) who have been affected by the Grenfell disaster have told me that it would be helpful if TfL had suspended rent reviews and offered monthly rent collection instead of quarterly. Will TfL review the quality of assistance offered to small businesses affected by adverse events?

• Reference: 2019/8870
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Has the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWRB) promoted Community RePaint ( www.communityrepaint.org.uk) or equivalent organisations that collect leftover paint, redistributing it to community groups and individuals or remanufacturing it?

• Reference: 2019/8869
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Thank you for your response to my question 2018/5199. Could you provide any data that you have on the annual volume or number of paint cans deposited at local council Re-use and Recycling Centres (RRCs) and the City of London Corporation’s hazardous waste collection service? What proportion of collected paint is redistributed or remanufactured?

• Reference: 2019/8868
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

The Prime Minister declined to meet Greta Thunberg, saying: “I often hear young people tell of the importance of climate change.” She also added: “This government has a fine record on climate change.” However, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) updated energy and emissions projection report, published in April 2019, showed the UK is now set to miss its 2025 and 2030 emission targets by an even larger margin than before, stating: “Many policies which will affect the 2020s and beyond have not yet been developed to the point at which they can be included in these...

• Reference: 2019/8867
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Will you help find a permanent home in one of London’s museums for Berta Cáceres, the pink boat from the Extinction Rebellion peaceful protest at Oxford Circus in April 2019?

• Reference: 2019/8866
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

A constituent has asked why St George’s Hospital in Tooting was not fitted with a stationary air pollution monitor under your Breathe London programme for hospitals?