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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...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. My main question is to Tunde [Olayinka] and Hannah [Boylan] and it is about modern slavery. Modern slavery was described by the Archbishop of Westminster, I think in 2016 or 2017, as “the dark underbelly of London’s society”. That still remains the case, although there is a growing and welcome recognition of the issue. In the context of modern slavery, how is it impacting today on refugee communities and what is the LSMP doing to address it? If you want to start off, Tunde [Olayinka], and then if I...

• Reference: 2023/0763
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Hundreds of residents in the East Village in Stratford are living in blocks that do not meet fire safety standards. How will you, alongside the LLDC, ensure that current and future developments in the East Village are brought up to the required standard?

• 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: 2021/1768
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 27 May 2021

How many times have you, the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience or the Building Safety Team met with London’s leaseholder groups? Please provide a month-by-month breakdown from July 2017 to present, stating which leaseholder groups were met with in each month.

• Reference: 2021/1769
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 27 May 2021

There are 1877 high-rise buildings registered with the Building Safety Fund or ACM Remediation Funds. Through the meetings you, the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience or the Building Safety team have had with leaseholders, do you think this number is an accurate estimate of the total number of buildings across London affected by dangerous cladding? Why do you think this?

• Reference: 2021/1770
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 27 May 2021

What support can you directly offer to my constituents who are caught up in and victims of the building safety scandal?

• Reference: 2021/1771
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 27 May 2021

What are your priorities when supporting my constituents who are leaseholders caught up in the building safety scandal?