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• Reference: 2023/4818
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

In your answer to my question 2019/20119, you noted you were considering a memorial to the 12,000 Londoners who lost their lives in the Great Smog of 1952, and identified the 70th anniversary in 2022 as the best way to do so. Could you provide me with an update on your plans for any such memorial?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. As my new year resolution for City Hall, I think we can all agree that the office of the Mayor of London should not be for sale in the new year. I made public earlier this week that United Airlines secured free publicity and final sign off on City Hall materials in exchange for business class flights for your trip to the United States [of America] (USA) in May 2022. Now, Mr Mayor, it sounds like this may have been a one-off error of judgement, but the months-long delay in responding to our questions...

• Reference: 2023/3561
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Could you provide the rationale and financial implications of the decision to contract Corporate Travel Management (CTM) as the GLA’s travel booking provider, and are you content with this relationship given the company’s £1.6 billion contract to provide the Home Office with asylum accommodation ships?

• Reference: 2023/3566
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/3532 about the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, in which you said: “Given the significant opposition that exists and the local disruption this event causes I have written to both ExCel and the event organiser strongly urging them not to hold this event at ExCel in the future.” Could you tell me what response you received from both ExCel and the event organiser, and what further representations have you made to both ExCel and the organiser about not holding this event in London?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, everyone. My question is for Enver Solomon. I met recently with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants in preparation for this plenary. They told me about the experience of a woman who claimed asylum in the UK, was 33 weeks pregnant and living in asylum accommodation near Gatwick. She was being given food that was unsuitable during pregnancy. She complained about the food to the hotel and medical practitioners from her hospital also spoke to hotel managers saying that the food was unsuitable for her and her baby, but no...

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Just very briefly, we in the Green Group are deeply concerned by the new evidence that has emerged that the Mayor has just raised involving the conduct of a member of the Police and Crime Committee, which I chair. All of us in the Assembly have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards in public office. We are the voice of London and Londoners expect us to abide by the law. I personally would like to request a meeting with the leader of the Conservative Group to discuss this matter and I would just...

• Reference: 2023/2607
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

A report to the GLA Oversight Committee on the State of London Debate 2023, tabled on 24 May 2023, states that “disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated, with a right of non-admittance to previously known protagonists.” Could you tell me: a) what is the definition of a “previously known protagonist”, b) who will identify “previously known protagonists” ahead of the event and how, c) will “previously known protagonists” be informed that they have been identified as such ahead of the event, d) what third parties will be engaged in the security of the event in addition to the GLA security...

• Reference: 2023/0646
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

On their way into the State of London Debate 2022, a number of young people from Green New Deal Rising (GNDR) were identified by a plain clothes official who recognised their faces and called out their names. The young people involved are understandably concerned about how they came to the attention of the security teams at the event. Could you explain how the campaigners were identified, and do you share my concerns that this kind of invasive security looks repressive and secretive? [for ref - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/environmental-campaigners-spied-on-may…]

• Reference: 2022/5282
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

The Warmer Homes Advice Service provides advice to Londoners on “saving energy and tackling dampness and mould”. Could you tell me: a) how many people have used this service since its launch, b) how are you quantifying if the advice received has led to warmer and better ventilated homes, and c) could you share this data with me?

• Reference: 2021/4827
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Your office and your Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience did excellent work through the Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) to unite and coordinate all levels of government across London tackling coronavirus. What work is the SCG doing to prepare London for variants of concern, and to be resilient against coronavirus this winter?