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• Reference: 2021/1199
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

I note that on 24 February 2021 Mr Toyin Agbetu - one of your Commissioners for Diversity in the Public Realm resigned, after his blog posts commenting on Jewish people were brought to City Hall’s attention by Jewish News . One of his posts claimed there was an ‘immoral hierarchy of suffering’ which had seen victims of the Holocaust ‘served well by Nazi hunters’ compared to African victims of the slave trade. Agbetu has also claimed that Jews played a leading role in the Atlantic slave trade. In 2007, he also heckled the Queen, during a service at Westminster Abbey...

• Reference: 2021/1200
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Given that your recruitment due diligence failed to uncover the alleged anti-Semitism of one Commission appointee, what else might it have failed to pick up? How can Londoners have confidence in the people you have selected?

• Reference: 2021/1222
• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Further to question 2021/0510, who will sit on the Partners Board and Boroughs Working Group supporting the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm?

• Reference: 2021/1153
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How have your actions promoted and protected the creative industries across Enfield & Haringey?

• Reference: 2021/1187
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

What are your plans to get the Borough of Culture Scheme back on track after it was postponed last year?

• Reference: 2021/1188
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

This sector has taken a major blow during the pandemic crisis. For some it is fatal. However, what steps are you taking to revive and support this sector which makes a major contribution to London’s economy and is a flagship of our diversity and heritage?

• Reference: 2021/0980
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

At the London Assembly Plenary on Thursday 4 March 2021, we heard from Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, Justine Simons OBE, that so far, you have provided £3.9 million to support the creative sector which has helped 13,000 individuals, artists and businesses. This sector was worth £58 billion to London’s economy prior to the pandemic and provides more than 600,000 jobs, which is 11.9 per cent of all jobs in the capital, compared to 4.9 per cent in the rest of the UK. What further support are you providing to retain skilled creative workers in the city...

• Reference: 2021/1003
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

In your answer to my question 2021/0483 you stated that on 3 February 2021 you wrote to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden MP, about the UK Government’s failure to come to a deal with the EU and the impact on the creative and cultural sectors. Could you publish this letter and share any response you receive from the Secretary of State with me?

• Reference: 2021/0779
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Which London boroughs submitted bids for your Culture Seeds Funding Programme, which ones were successful, and how much were the successful bids for?

• Reference: 2021/0780
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Have you, in collaboration with Historic England & the Heritage Lottery Fund, supported many listings & funding applications in London?