• Reference: 2018/1174
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

What progress has been made addressing the barriers to ESOL training since your report 'Mapping ESOL Provision in Greater London'?

• Reference: 2018/1173
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

This April business rates increased and according to the Federation of Small Businesses, many small businesses in London will have seen their business rates increase upwards of 20 per cent. What support are you providing to small businesses to help them to stay in London?

• Reference: 2018/1172
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

Workers in legal aid and advice organisations are at breaking point according to a survey undertaken by their union at over 30 Advice Centres, Law Centres and Citizens Advice Bureaux, which found that over three quarters (77 per cent) of staff reported an increase in their workload because of increased demand and cuts in staff. 35 per cent of organisations' volunteers are increasingly required to undertake work previously performed by paid staff. What do you think needs to be done to help London's advice services?

• Reference: 2018/1171
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

TGI Friday's has faced the first strike over tips in the UK in an escalation of a row between waiters and the restaurant chain. Do you think it is wrong for restaurants in London not to distribute tips in full to staff; and do you agree that tips should not be used to subsidise low pay?

• Reference: 2018/1170
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

I continue to get correspondence from residents about their latest bad experiences with the unreliable 13 bus, despite assurances from TfL that they are dealing with it. It is now over a year since the current operator took over the route, and this operator seems to be incapable of providing an efficient and reliable service. Will you look into this and get this service sorted out once and for all?

• Reference: 2018/1169
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

I have been receiving a lot of correspondence about the proposed CS11 and its likely impact on the local community, given major construction developments in the area. Where do you consider the construction traffic flows will go; and will you give a progress report on the CS11 scheme?

• Reference: 2018/1168
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

Whilst the London Resilience Forum deals with the immediate operation and response to river incident high risks, do you agree that boroughs need to engage in day to day proactive river safety such as river side and bank design specifically linked to preventing self-harm; public rescue equipment; and access and egress to the foreshore, through their local risks assessments and managed via their Community Safety Partnerships?

• Reference: 2018/1167
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

An issue that is causing a great deal of concern to private hire drivers, is the way TfL is imposing suspensions and revocations of licences with no respect for natural justice and no hearing or right to submit a written response to an allegation. To have a suspension lifted or revocation overturned, drivers have to pay a court fee of £250.00 for the privilege. Do you consider it is acceptable for TfL to suspend drivers' licences before any investigation takes place, leaving them without a salary and only having any subsequent appeal heard in a Magistrates Court; and if not...

• Reference: 2018/1166
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

Track corrugation in Northern Line tunnels is getting worse due to automated train operation causing braking at exactly the same points near stations, increasing noise nuisance. What will you do about it?

• Reference: 2018/1165
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

It is becoming apparent that the installation of noise damping pads on Northern Line track is not working. Homes near Mornington Crescent, for example, have seen noise levels increase to even more unacceptable levels. What will you do about it?