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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?

• 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...

• 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?

• Reference: 2020/1433
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

What would it mean for Londoners if the United Kingdom and European Union were able to agree on a form of associative citizenship?

• Reference: 2020/0328
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

How will you ensure that EU citizens continue to be provided with legal advice to help them apply for settled and pre-settled status throughout 2020?

• Reference: 2020/0329
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

The legal advice sector has been hit hard by cuts to legal aid. What assessment have you or the Government made about the future increased demand for legal advice from those with insecure immigration status as a result of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union? Specifically, will individuals be able to afford this advice and in your view, is the legal advice sector prepared for a growth in demand for this service?

• Reference: 2020/0332
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

How many children have been provided with food or other activities through the Kitchen Social scheme? Please state numbers by year.

• Reference: 2020/0333
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

How many projects are now supported by the scheme? What number of projects will be supported by Kitchen Social in the current year?

• Reference: 2020/0335
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

We know that those with no recourse to public funds are at high risk of serious problems such as homelessness, being the victim of a coercive or controlling relationship and modern slavery. Do you share my concerns that leaving the European Union risks increasing the number of people living in the UK without recourse to public funds in the future?