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  • Grassroots music venues

    • Reference: 2019/20135
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    According to the GLA Cultural Infrastructure Tool Box, less than 10 per cent of London’s music venues are classified as grassroots venues. How many of the music venues that have closed in the last 12 months were classed as grassroots venues?

  • London Music Board

    • Reference: 2019/20137
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    The London Music Board provides a great opportunity to support London’s grassroots music scene. Its last reported meeting was on 7 November 2017. Why is this?

  • Ward’s Corner and Latin Village, Seven Sisters

    • Reference: 2019/20138
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Do you agree with UN human rights experts who have said that demolishing Ward’s Corner and the Latin Village in Haringey is a threat to the cultural life of London’s Latin American community ( https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?LangID=E&New… )?

  • Fast-track licensing options for live music venues

    • Reference: 2019/20139
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Form 696 was rightly discontinued due to concerns about racial inequality. Members of the music industry have contacted me about the need for a new, fair fast-track option to aid licensing approvals for live music venues, especially grassroots venues. Will you ask the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to introduce this option?

  • Advertising for night time events

    • Reference: 2019/19683
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 17 October 2019
    In relation to promoting London’s night time economy, have you considered utilising advertising space on Transport for London (TfL) bus stops to advertise upcoming local night time events?

  • Fossil fuel company sponsorship of the arts

    • Reference: 2019/0252
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 17 January 2019
    Does the GLA work with cultural partner institutions that accept sponsorship from fossil fuel companies? If so, which organisations has the GLA worked with, and on what projects, since May 2016?

  • Responsible Procurement Policy publication date

    • Reference: 2019/0253
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 17 January 2019
    In your response to my letter responding to your draft Culture Strategy you said: “I have set out in my strengthened Responsible Procurement Policy how I expect the GLA family and its suppliers to achieve high standards in fair pay and employment practices.” When will you publish the details of the strengthened Responsible Procurement Policy?