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• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning to Jules and Michelle. It is good to see you again. I certainly enjoyed hearing from you yesterday [7 March 2022] at our Economy Committee and from the whole panel. It is really clear that adult education has a huge and long-lasting effect on Londoners’ ability to reach their full potential. I just wanted to speak to how we ensure that we reach all Londoners equally and make sure all groups in our society are represented and, to that end, I wanted to ask what progress the AEB made in tackling...

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel, great to see you here. Deputy Mayor, as you know, we are now predicted, very sadly, to be going into a recession and the associated high unemployment that will come with that. Through the AEB, how is the GLA going to support Londoners through what is going to be a turbulent time?

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning. My question is to Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe, regarding building safety. For many of us, particularly the victims’ families, Grenfell Tower is scarred into our memories and the pursuit for justice continues. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report found that in the context of national legislation there was compelling evidence ‑ and I quote ‑ that, “[T]he external walls of the building failed to comply with Requirement B4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010, in that they did not adequately resist the spread of the fire having regard to the height, use...

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Marina Ahmad AM: My question is to the Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe. As we know, London is the engine of the UK economy and accounts for almost a quarter of the country’s economic output. The coming years are going to be dominated by how London responds to the pandemic and the damage it has caused the city, which is why the Mayor’s manifesto focused on the recovery needs of the city and talked about jobs, jobs, jobs. Deputy Mayor, what do we need from the planning system to support the Mayor’s aim of protecting jobs as our city recovers from...