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  • Funding Poverty Alleviation, Including EU Structural Funds (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    Do any of you know how our Structural Fund for Objective Two or Three, in London has been used to deal with things like poverty? Anything you could point to: that is a marvellous idea, or that is a very bad idea?

  • Funding Poverty Alleviation, Including EU Structural Funds (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    Obviously you all know my opinions on the EU and Structural Funds. It is a very bureaucratic, arthritic way of getting back a tiny proportion of the money that we have to give to the EU. Would it not be nice to have all of that money here to be able to do the things we would like to do with poverty, with unemployment, and so on? It's not an ideal way, and are we not going to lose a lot of that in the next aspects of funding, because a lot of the accession countries are going to take...

  • Funding Poverty Alleviation, Including EU Structural Funds (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    Moving on to the question of European Union (EU) Structural Funding and how it benefits London, is there a danger that we may miss out on the next tranche of funding? Who is our expert on the EU Structural Fund? Mr Faulkner?

  • Funding Poverty Alleviation, Including EU Structural Funds (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    Scandinavian countries have poverty rates which are close to zero, so it obviously is eminently preventable. Would you like to comment on that?

  • Incidence and Nature of Poverty in London

    • Reference: 2006/0119-1
    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    How do the experts define poverty in one of the world's wealthiest cities, what does it mean for those individuals deemed to live below the 'poverty line', and why are some BME groups disproportionately affected?

  • Tackling Child Poverty

    • Reference: 2006/0120-1
    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    The Government's stated aim is to eradicate poverty in the UK by 2020, but child poverty levels in London are as bad now as they were 10 years ago. Why?

  • Role of Faith Groups in Tackling Hard to Reach Groups

    • Reference: 2006/0121-1
    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    What help and support do people look to the church and other faith groups to provide?

  • Role of Education, Training & Employment in Lifting People out of Poverty

    • Reference: 2006/0122-1
    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    What role should people expect London's government and relevant organizations to play in giving them a helping hand out of poverty? Does the business sector perceive a role for itself in alleviating poverty in London?

  • Funding Poverty Alleviation, Including EU Structural Funds

    • Reference: 2006/0123-1
    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    How does EU structural funding benefit Londoners ? Is there a danger we may miss out in the next tranche of funding 2007-2013?