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  • Community-led Pride events (4)

    • Reference: 2023/2574
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 22 June 2023
    Does the headline sponsor of Pride in London this year demonstrate leadership in tackling the climate crisis?

  • Procurement diversity

    • Reference: 2022/2881
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 15 September 2022
    Your Architecture Design and Urbanism Panel places five per cent of its evaluation criteria on equality, diversity and inclusion. You describe it on the GLA website as a way to: “influence the diversity of the profession through procurement.” How are you encouraging diversity in procurement across the GLA Group?

  • Promoting Ethnic Minority-led Businesses

    • Reference: 2022/2523
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2022
    The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) reports problematic access to finance for ethnic minority-led businesses, an aversion to applying for funding and less likelihood of funding for those who apply. What can you do to support more robust data gathering and research on ethnic minority-led businesses as well as engagement between government, the business community and people from ethnic minority backgrounds?

  • Political involvement in Pride

    • Reference: 2022/2544
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2022
    Do you think it is right that the Mayor of London has such a prominent role in Pride celebrations in London? Is it right that a politician makes such crucial decisions as to who is awarded funding in a grass roots protest movement?

  • Fire service support for LGBTIQA+ staff

    • Reference: 2022/2563
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 21 July 2022
    I was pleased to attend the London Fire Brigade (LFB) Pride breakfast and welcome both the Commissioner and your supportive comments for the LGBTIQA+ community. What specific actions will now be taken to ensure the LFB is an inclusive place for all?

  • ULEZ (2)

    • Reference: 2022/2081
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
    A constituent is concerned that low income and some disabled people are disproportionately affected by the charge. Can you outline the steps taken to help Blue Badge holders? Would you consider a means tested exemption or grants for low-income families?

  • Levelling Up White Paper, Health Inequalities Implementation Plan and Tackling Structural Inequalities

    • Reference: 2022/1135
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 24 March 2022
    Do you think that the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper has too much of a focus on geographical inequalities, when it should also address structural and ethnic inequalities, for the benefit of London, as your Health Inequalities Strategy Implementation Plan does?

  • LGBTIQA+ spaces

    • Reference: 2021/4813
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
    What additional support will you provide to LGBTIQA+ spaces to ensure that they continue to be vital parts of London’s economy and culture?

  • Wellbeing Ambassadors

    • Reference: 2021/5130
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
    How are you working with Thrive LDN to ensure that the quarter of a million Wellbeing Ambassadors you plan to recruit are from diverse backgrounds and represent LGBTQ+ and disabled communities?

  • Commemoration of Windrush Generation Nurses and NHS Workers

    • Reference: 2021/4707
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2021
    Through your Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, will you consider funding a memorial to the nurses and healthcare workers who came to support London’s NHS from the Windrush Generation?