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• Reference: 2023/3895
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

What is the total number of payrolled Londoners and how many Londoners are currently on the following payroll cycles: a) weekly, b) four-weekly, c) fortnightly, d) monthly? If you do not hold this data, can you obtain this information?

• Reference: 2022/5130
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

On the 50th anniversary of the release of the Pentonville 5, how are you defending the rights of trade unions in London?

• Reference: 2022/5132
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Would you agree that for Londoners, the cost of living crisis is also a low wage crisis, and what steps are you taking to address this?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Unmesh Desai AM: Good afternoon, panel. My question is to John Dickie and it is about the future of our high streets. We have already had some references in the earlier discussion to small businesses and to high streets. Jordan Cummins talked about small businesses gasping for breath. Georgia Gould talked about high streets being at the heart of recovery plans. I could not agree more. Mr Dickie, with London boroughs focused on helping localised shopping areas, what is the future for our local high streets? How can they be put at the heart of our recovery plans?

• Reference: 2019/9206
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Would you consider requiring TfL, the Metropolitan Police, and the Fire Service introduce new contract conditions, at the earliest opportunity, to require suppliers to disclose their manufacturers (in confidence) to enable independent NGOs to report on their working conditions?

• Reference: 2019/9207
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Would you consider commissioning NGOs such as Labour Behind the Label/Clean Clothes Campaign and/or the Workers Rights Consortium, to report on working conditions in priority supply chains?

• Reference: 2019/9208
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 May 2019

Could you commit to helping make London an effective Fairtrade City by a) Funding the development of ethical and fair-trade procurement policies for Greater London Authority bodies b) Providing support for Fairtrade London volunteers c) Ensuring catering facilities in City Hall use full ranges of ‘fairly traded’ products, objectively defined in contract conditions in accordance with Public Contract Regulations 2015?

• Reference: 2018/0229
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 18 January 2018

Do you think that corporate sponsors of Pride in London should sign a charter committing them to promoting LGBTQ rights abroad and workers' rights at home?

• Reference: 2017/4483
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

In October 2016 you discovered that some Transport for London subcontractors were being paid less than the London Living Wage. You tasked your eight Deputy Mayors and senior City Hall officials with conducting a thorough audit of City Hall and Mayoral bodies, including TfL, to root out any other examples of staff being paid below the London Living Wage, or other bad employment practices. Will you publish the results of those audits?

• Reference: 2017/4485
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

In July 2016 you said you were reviewing the GLA Group Responsible Procurement Policy, to ensure that zero-hour contracts are never used to exploit workers, and to ensure suppliers and contractors are adopting the same high standards as the GLA. In June 2017 the policy was updated. One of the objectives was "Embedding fair employment practices - ensuring low skilled roles receive a fair wage and encouraging safe and healthy work places". Can you explain why zero-hours contracts are not mentioned in the GLA Group Responsible Procurement Policy?