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• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. My question is to you, Michelle. What are the current skills gaps facing London and how will the AEB tackle them?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Deputy Mayor, because I used my earlier time allocation to put forward the views of New City College, who are based all over London and do some fantastic work, I have a couple of supplementary questions. One of the things that the Mayor has long called for is the ability for London to have an occupation shortages list. Have you had conversations with the Government about this? Where are the talks? Can you remind us how this would assist London’s skills gap? This is about the occupation shortages list.

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 04 March 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Deputy Mayor. Yes, that was a comprehensive background you gave in your answers to the question from my colleague, the Chair of the Assembly, and to some extent you have partly answered some of the questions I was going to ask you, but I will still formally put those questions to you. What specific role did the London Recovery Board, the Strategic Co-ordination Group (SCG) and the London Transition Board have in the national roadmap out of lockdown?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Unmesh Desai AM: Good afternoon, panel. My question is to John Dickie and it is about the future of our high streets. We have already had some references in the earlier discussion to small businesses and to high streets. Jordan Cummins talked about small businesses gasping for breath. Georgia Gould talked about high streets being at the heart of recovery plans. I could not agree more. Mr Dickie, with London boroughs focused on helping localised shopping areas, what is the future for our local high streets? How can they be put at the heart of our recovery plans?