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• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Joanne McCartney AM: Yes, thank you, Chair. My initial question is to Sam Gurney, if I can, and it is about the increasing number of people who are claiming Universal Credit (UC), which we know is a very difficult and cruel system. Since the end of March, I believe, 440,000 new claimants for UC have come from London. When furlough ends, that is likely to see another spike. What concerns does the TUC have about this record number of Londoners finding themselves reliant on UC? What will that mean for poverty in the capital?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. I wonder if you could just briefly update me as to whether you are meeting your environment targets.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Joanne McCartney AM: Following up on Tom’s [Copley AM]question about housing, you answered some of the questions I was going to ask but there obviously are some risks around, for example, Brexit and housing costs in London, although the cost of housing seems to be flat‑lining, if not reducing. How certain are you that your agreements with developers are robust enough so that later down the road they are not going to cry, “Viability will not allow us to meet your requirements”?