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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: 2023/4836
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3582, in which you said: “The London Resilience Forum maintains a Structural Collapse Framework (last fully revised in 2021). This Framework and response capability is maintained in response to the risk of structural collapse in general. We intend to hold a roundtable meeting with relevant partner organisations in coming weeks to consider the implications of a structural collapse involving RAAC and any additional resilience work that may be required.” Could you tell me where the Structural Collapse Framework is published, and when the roundtable meeting took place and where the minutes are...

• 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?

• Reference: 2023/3581
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. Have Transport for London (TfL), London Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) all assessed their estate to ensure that the buildings they own do not contain any RAAC and, if they have found any related risks, what are they and what actions are being taken?

• Reference: 2023/3582
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. What wider assessment have you made of the implications of this problem for resilience and strategic planning 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: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My first question is to Hannah Boylan from the GLA Migration Team. Like my colleague, Caroline [Russell AM], I also met with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, who raised a separate issue about asylum seekers living in Home Office asylum accommodation. The guidance from the Home Office says that category 2 health hazards should be made safe within 24 hours and fixed within five days, but I have heard countless examples of Migrant Help - which Caroline [Russell AM] discussed earlier - failing to respond to complaints and help...

• 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: 2021/0036
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In your answer to my question 2019/14230 you told me that, to date, no recruitment for Transport for London (TfL) had been name-anonymous but you planned future changes to support this. Have these changes now happened and does TfL now use name-anonymous shortlisting in recruitment?

• Reference: 2021/0037
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you confirm whether shortlisting for recruitment in all GLA bodies is now name-anonymous, including recruitment done through partner bodies, outsourced specialist recruitment agencies and for any other work programme, such as apprenticeship schemes run by the GLA and Transport for London (TfL)?