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• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Navin Shah AM: Thank you very much. My question is to Professor Fenton. We saw in the first wave that BAME Londoners were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. In fact, the figures were very damning and not acceptable in any situation. What lessons have we learned since the first wave and what has been implemented as a result to improve the situation, which needs to be done speedily and dramatically?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Navin Shah AM: Commissioner, you described the effectiveness of sprinklers in residential buildings as a no-brainer. What progress has the London Fire Brigade made in promoting sprinklers and progressing the recommendations made in the London Assembly’s report [ Never Again: Sprinklers as the next step in fire safety ] on sprinklers published in March this year [2018]?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Navin Shah AM: I have a quick couple of questions on cladding. Last week we had confirmation that the Government is banning combustible cladding on buildings over 80 metres, which you all very much welcomed. However, the London Fire Brigade in its consultation response said - and again we agree - that this was like treating the symptoms rather than the cure itself. What steps need to be taken towards the cure itself, Commissioner?