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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: 2023/4806
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Could you confirm the anticipated publication date of the London Ownership Hub impact report?

• 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: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. My question is to Deputy Mayor Copley. I want to focus on housing if I can. You have already talked about the RHP to provide over 600 homes. If you had sufficient resources, what more could you do?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Good afternoon, panel. Enver, if I can begin with you, I have met recently also with the Joint Council for Welfare of Immigrants. I also went to a protest recently with Reclaim the Sea and spoke to lots of people with lived experience of the system. Something that came up over and over again that you have echoed today is the barrier of not speaking English. In fact, recent census data shows that 303,000 Londoners do not speak English well and 52,000 Londoners do not speak English at all. Page 32 You...

• Reference: 2022/2056
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Do you have any data on the number of asylum seekers, currently living in London, who are facing deportation to Rwanda? What steps have you taken to oppose this Government scheme, following your comments on 14th April on LBC, that the Prime Minister’s plan was “callous”, “cruel” and “chaotic”?

• Reference: 2021/0352
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

What actions have you taken as Mayor to help support those Londoners who are part of the 3 million excluded from current support packages?

• Reference: 2020/3140
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

The government has performed a surprising number of U-turns recently, often at the last moment. How has this affected London and Londoners?

• Reference: 2020/2028
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

Should the government ask for an extension to the Transition Period? You have already commissioned research examining the effects of a no- deal scenario, but how will the COVID-19 affect these projections for London?