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• Reference: 2023/1842
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

A member of a Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust WhatsApp group said that any doctor who has a visa sponsored by the Trust and decides to go on strike will be reported by the Trust to the Border Force. The Trust has since clarified that they are fully supportive of everyone’s right to strike without judgement, fear or consequence. As Chair of the London Health Board, will you reiterate to London’s health and care leadership that such threats are unacceptable?

• Reference: 2022/3945
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What steps have been taken to lessen the risk to essential services from multiple infectious diseases circulating at the same time?

• Reference: 2022/3946
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What is your estimate of the number of deaths caused by heatwaves in London this year and what is the source of this data?

• Reference: 2022/3608
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

What steps are you taking to ensure London has the resilience and preparedness for a further wave of coronavirus?

• Reference: 2022/1826
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

The Bank of England has announced that the proportion of the population aged 16-64 who are not in work, and do not want a job because of long-term sickness, is at a record high. It suspects much of this rise is owing to impacts of the pandemic, including Long Covid and the increase in NHS waiting lists. Will you consider adding requirements to help support employees with Long Covid into your Good Work Standard, such as employers developing a Long Covid strategy or supporting employee Workplace Adjustment Passports?

• Reference: 2022/0018
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What further research still needs to be completed into the health impacts of tube dust?

• Reference: 2021/3519
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Have you made use of the new evidence from the September 2020 review of aviation noise and health by the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN) in a response to the Government consultation on night flights restrictions?

• Question by: Navin Shah and David Kurten
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Minister Zahawi, I know this morning already you had a very busy schedule. I have heard you on Leading Britain's Conversation (LBC), we have seen you on Sky [Network] Television (TV) and you are here this morning with us. I cannot thank you enough. May I just on behalf of the Assembly if you can spare another minute, ask you a question of reassurance that we are seeking on behalf of Londoners? That is: is London now receiving its fair share of COVID‑19 vaccinations and can we be confident that it will...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

David Kurten AM: I would like to ask, yes, Martin Machray if I could, back to the people who were here before. You refer to the vaccine or the injections that people are being given from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna as vaccines. However, the substances from Pfizer and Moderna are not vaccines, as people understand vaccines. They are experimental Messenger RNA (mRNA) gene technologies. Why do you continue to refer to those two substances and injections as vaccines?

• Reference: 2021/0044
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Which data sources do you use to inform your statements on Covid-19?