• Reference: 2016/4379
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Are you aware that the Army has a Gold, Silver and Bronze award certificate system for employees of reservist volunteers? Will you commit to ensuring the GLA is a good employer for those who serve with the reserves and seek certification from the Army?

• Reference: 2016/4378
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

How many employees at the GLA currently serve as reserves in the armed forces?

• Reference: 2016/4377
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Further to Question No: 2016/3890 The Chinese Labour Corps were the largest overseas labour force and without their contribution and sacrifice (thousands of them were killed), WW1 would have dragged on for much longer. Will you support the efforts of the British Chinese community to establish a memorial to these forgotten heroes? Your response being: Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. Will you now give a substantive reply?

• Reference: 2016/4376
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Further to Question No: 2016/3921 Do you share my concerns about the health of the bee population? Have you considered the Bee kind website http://beekind.bumblebeeconservation.org/ and will you use your office to promote good practice in bee friendly gardens? Your response being: Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. Will you now give a substantive reply?

• Reference: 2016/4375
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

As paragraph 87 of the National Planning Policy Framework states that "As with previous Green Belt policy, inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved except in very special circumstances", do you agree that a London Borough should not be considering a course of action that ignores or destroys a protective covenant, when the land was originally procured to stop such developments happening; and that such covenants should be considered as added protection to the definition in the NPPF?

• Reference: 2016/4374
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Is it the case that you, as Mayor, are the joint custodian of land bought with protective covenants for Health and Wellbeing by predecessor organisations such as Middlesex County Council, the former Greater London Council and Local London Authorities; and if so, do you consider is it appropriate for a Borough to remove protective covenants on such Green Belt or Metropolitan Open Spaces, which determine that they could only be used for sports and leisure by the community in perpetuity, so as to allow developments on the land not in keeping with such purposes, claiming "very special circumstances" ?

• Reference: 2016/4373
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

As the Government has now decided on the Heathrow option for further airport capacity, what action do you now propose to take; and will you participate in the legal action being considered by a number of local authorities against the scheme?

• Reference: 2016/4372
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

More than 1,200 modern slavery victims were identified in London, but the Metropolitan police recorded only 248 crimes according to the first official review of how law enforcement agencies respond to the crime of modern slavery by Kevin Hyland, the independent anti-slavery commissioner. Is this acceptable?

• Reference: 2016/4371
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

There has been widespread news coverage of a recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) affecting rentals through AirBnB and , indeed, any other sub-letting of a whole flat. The key question the court considered was whether a temporary occupation of an entire property by an AirBnB guest is consistent with the definition of the property as 'a private residence' - and ruled it was not, thereby setting a legal precedent. You previously highlighted a window of opportunity for local authorities to discuss the issue further with you and for the GLA to discuss it with AirBnB. Can you...

• Reference: 2016/4370
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Further to Question No: 2016/3941 The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) published the third quarter results of its Capital 500 Quarterly Economic Survey including a conclusion that, 6% of companies decreased investment in plant and equipment, a Capital 500 record-low. And that against the backdrop of rising costs and staling investment indicators, the Mayor of London should work with business groups to assess the potential impacts of significant new ratings on London businesses across differing boroughs and across various sectors. Will you do so? Your response being: Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. Will...