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• Reference: 2024/1205
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

A constituent has raised with me the importance of Bethnal Green food bank in supporting homeless and low-income households to get by in the ongoing cost of living crisis. Will you support foodbanks across London with extra funding to help them provide for the escalating demand in food and toiletries?

• Reference: 2023/0299
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

In your response to my question 2021/4069, you said that accessible toilets created via Good Growth Fund investments are defined as those meeting the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requirements and complying with building regulations Approved Document M, to ensure that a broad range of people can access and use public facilities. Could you provide an update on how many accessible toilets that meet the DDA and building regulations requirements have been funded by the Good Growth Fund, and whether more are planned?

• Reference: 2023/0285
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

What more can you do to help nurses in London with the high cost of living?

• Reference: 2022/2077
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

What progress are you making to review the London Weighting paid to workers in London?

• Reference: 2022/2082
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

A man has been arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending and money laundering offences, following raids by the England Illegal Money Lending Team and the Metropolitan Police Service in Ealing. Ealing Council says that help is available for people with money or debt problems from the National Debt Line, Step Change, Debt Advice Network and Money Advice service. Can the Mayor help get the word out there about these sources of advice, so that people do not resort to loan sharks?

• Reference: 2022/0440
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

You supported Small Business Saturday on 4th December. Last year, an estimated £1.1 billion was spent with small businesses across the UK on Small Business Saturday. How important is Small Business Saturday in supporting London’s high streets and small businesses?

• Reference: 2021/4711
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Will you use your platform to encourage London Living Wage employers to also provide weekly Sick Pay to their staff at the rate of £10.85 p/h?

• Reference: 2021/3532
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

The DSEI arms fair returns to the ExCel London this month. Past events have seen weapons sold to regimes that commit human rights abuses. Do you agree that it is wrong for London to host an international arms fair?

• Reference: 2021/3248
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

The Government has indicated they may want to make working from home “normal” going forward. We know that working from home has proved very beneficial for some individuals, and incredibly difficult for others. How will the Mayor work with businesses in London – potentially though the Good Work Standard - to help find a way forward which centres the mental health of workers, ensuring that working from home can remain an option for many people, whilst not creating a culture where businesses functionally force those who do not want to to work from home to cut down on costs?

• Reference: 2021/1880
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 27 May 2021

How will you ensure that SMEs play a key part in our long-term recovery as a city?