• Reference: 2024/1879
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

Since you told Londoners in October 2023 that your London Drugs Commission was ‘on the back burner’, could you tell me what the resources that were dedicated to the Commission have been used for instead?

• Reference: 2024/1878
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

In your answer to question 2024/0350 you said that the media partner of Transport for London (TfL) had reviewed advertisements for wood burning fireplaces and found them to be compliant with TfL advertising policy. Will you now review TfL advertising policy so that wood burning fireplaces are not allowed to be advertised on the TfL estate, or ask the Government to review policy on wood burning stoves?

• Reference: 2024/1877
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to ban fossil fuel advertising, and for news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising. Will you instruct Transport for London (TfL) to stop taking advertising that promotes fossil fuels and the products that use them?

• Reference: 2024/1876
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

When will a new Deputy Mayor for Environment be in place, and what will their priorities be?

• Reference: 2024/1875
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0292, in which you said a decision on any further update to the Environment Strategy would come after the 2024 Mayoral election. As we are now past that election, could you give an update on the process you will follow for either updating the Environment Strategy or the associated implementation plan?

• Reference: 2024/1874
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

In response to the January 2022 report, London Net Zero 2030: An Updated Pathway, from Element Energy, you indicated that your preferred pathway to achieving net zero carbon in London is ‘Accelerated Green’. What actions have you since taken to implement this pathway and what changes in strategy have you now adopted?

• Reference: 2024/1873
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

What research and engagement on net zero have you undertaken since 2016, and where has it been published?

• Reference: 2024/1872
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

You have pledged to make rivers in London swimmable within ten years. One of the potential causes of pollution in London rivers is the runoff from nearby contaminated land. Have you considered how this will impact your promise to clean up London’s rivers, and what actions are you planning to take?

• Reference: 2024/1871
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

You have pledged to make rivers in London swimmable within ten years. One of the potential causes of pollution in London rivers is the runoff from airport runways and roads. Have you considered how this will impact your promise to clean up London’s rivers, and what actions are you planning to take?

• Reference: 2024/1870
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/2581. Could you update both tables with data for 2023, and provide data on the number of fires for cars, buses and motorcycles that were the ignition source for the fire?