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• Reference: 2024/0141
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

Given recent statistics in Hammersmith and Fulham showing longer waiting times in accessing support services, including a case where it took a year to claim pension credits, how can the Mayor use his convening powers to encourage councils to improve the efficiency of customer support services for residents facing financial hardships?

• 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...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. It has been a sort of informing but somewhat depressing conversation so far this morning. I wanted to just drill down into this conversation that has been had around the use of hotel accommodations to house asylum seekers. Enver, I am going to come to you specifically. I had a roundtable meeting organised by Migrant Voice with a lot of asylum seekers recently. Then they also released a report called No Rest No Security. Some of the details around the conditions in the hotels are shocking. We have heard...

• Reference: 2023/3068
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

How did you commemorate the Grenfell tragedy this year?

• Reference: 2023/3057
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Please provide a list of charities in West Central London that receive funding from the GLA.

• Reference: 2023/2033
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Would it be possible for you to legally require building owners to allow the London Fire Brigade to train in empty high rise buildings before the flats are sold as part of any planning permission you grant?

• Reference: 2022/4122
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What impact will the recent floods in Pakistan have on discussions at COP 27 and will it alter London’s and the UK’s direction?

• Reference: 2022/3375
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

What steps are you taking to ensure London’s buildings can cope with future heatwaves?