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• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Andrew Boff AM: Professor Fenton, on I think 3 March [2020], the Mayor of London said that there is no risk of people catching coronavirus while travelling on buses or trains in the capital. Did you give him that advice?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Chair. I would like to ask Dr Fenton. We heard from the Chair and you earlier about admissions to hospitals with COVID being the highest since the start of the declared pandemic in March 2020. How do total hospital admissions now, this January, compare to last January and other winter seasons before this year?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Martin, for that really clear description of what is happening in our hospitals and to the people working in those hospitals. I want to talk about the vaccination of frontline workers. I do realise that vaccination rollout is in early stages and that we will not know for a few months whether vaccination has any effect on reducing transmission, but yesterday the Government released guidance that said phase two of vaccination may include targeted vaccination of those at high risk of exposure and/or those delivering key public services. This week we...

• 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?

• Reference: 2023/1478
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

What are the main challenges for London's economy as it emerges and recovers from the impact of COVID-19?

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is to Jordan. Thanks very much for that introductory statement. Small and large businesses have had to adapt their business models, as you were pointing out, and all of their ways of working to deal with the pandemic situation since March. However, from September, they face the prospect of having to change their business models again to adapt to the changes that will come at the end of December with the no-deal Brexit. Carolyn Fairbairn [Director-General, CBI] has had a lot to say about the Brexit situation. I just wondered...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning, everyone. Thank you to this huge panel for joining us. I am only sorry I am not going to be able to ask questions to all of you, because there are things that I would like to ask each of you. There are a lot of representatives here from businesses and industry, and I want to make sure that we keep in mind today the people who are not in the meeting. That is the workers, the recently unemployed, the furloughed and the young people that this crisis is hitting the...

• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Peter Whittle AM: Thank you very much, Mr Chair. Good morning to the panel. My question I think I have to ask you all, and maybe someone can answer it. It is just about London’s - if you want to call it - cultural industry. I do not mean by that necessarily the creative industry. I mean in terms of theatre, in terms of performing arts, in terms of all the things that make up a huge part of London life and, of course, the economy. What are your views on the future of that? How do you see that...

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning to all our guests. I would just like to finish this point about the cultural industry in London, because of course we have a visitor economy, and this is basically what those people are visiting: our huge variety of culture and the scale of the culture. What kind of intervention are we looking for in monetary terms? If we are approaching the Government and asking for more money, can we give that a figure? Can we give it a ballpark? What kind of monies are we talking about? Why don’t I start with Philip and...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you very much, Chair. London’s markets are part of our history and add to the vibrancy and cultural diversity of our city, as well as being a significant part of the economy, particularly in areas like the East End. I wrote to the Deputy Mayor for Business just last week with concerns market traders have over their future in many parts of London.First, my question to Councillor Gould, as you are a Board Member of the LEAP and with your work on the Recovery Taskforce: I am aware money has been made available to small...