• Reference: 2024/3221
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

What communications with residents have you or local councils used to explain the causes of this flooding and how it can be addressed?

• Reference: 2024/3220
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

What understanding do you have of the causes of the flash flooding that affected Ruislip, Uxbridge, Wimbledon and Carshalton on 23 September 2024, and will you now prioritise investment in these areas to address any future risks?

• Reference: 2024/3219
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

The Environment Agency issued a press release on Sunday 22 September that warned of surface water flooding and flooding from watercourses in urban areas. What steps did the GLA take to share this warning with relevant agencies, and what actions did bodies within the GLA Group including Transport for London (TfL) and London Fire Brigade take to prepare for impacts?

• Reference: 2024/3218
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

During our conversation at Mayor’s Question Time on 18 July 2024, you told me that more tax receipts for Government will be needed to support the Environment Agency. Could you summarise what ability you currently have to raise funds for investment in London’s environment and what the current sources of income used for GLA Group environmental projects are?

• Reference: 2024/3217
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Constituents in Havering have contacted me to raise concerns that there is a lack of data on air pollution in their borough due to the small number of sensors installed, particularly those monitoring PM10 or PM2.5. They have asked if you could install either more or improved sensor equipment in order to give more evidence for air quality in Havering?

• Reference: 2024/3216
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

A constituent from Island Gardens in Greenwich has raised concerns with me about a 25-year-old cruise ship that was moored nearby, which caused them to have breathing difficulties due to the diesel fumes and to use up their inhalers. They would like to ask what action you can take with the Port of London Authority (PLA) to insist they only allow cruise ships meeting Tier III emissions standards, as set out by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), to come upstream of the Thames Barrier?

• Reference: 2024/3215
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Your press release, Mayor brings together partners to clean up London’s rivers, on 18 September 2024 stated that: ‘five times more sewage flowed into London’s rivers in 2023 compared to the previous year, with many species in decline’. Could you share the analysis that provides this evidence?

• Reference: 2024/3214
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

What is your definition of ‘open water swimming’ used to produce the London Open Water Swimming Guide?

• Reference: 2024/3213
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

The charity Butterfly Conservation has declared a ‘butterfly emergency’ as the most recent big butterfly count they have organised recorded the lowest ever numbers of butterflies. What actions has the GLA taken in the past three years to provide further habitat for butterflies on GLA Group sites?

• Reference: 2024/3212
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Could you provide a table of all investment in green and wild spaces by GLA since May 2021 including: a) financial year, b) location or area of green or wild space, c) investment, and d) scheme name?