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• Reference: 2023/3205
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Research published on 15 August 2023 by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that, London receives less funding for local government and police than their share of estimated needs. Will you be using this independent research to join with local authority leaders and police chiefs to make the case for fairer funding settlements for London?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. Enver, you spoke earlier about ESOL provision. As you know, ESOL provision was cut through Government austerity by almost 60% before the devolution of the AEB. What impact has this had and should the Government dedicate additional funding to the AEB to rectify the shortfall?

• Reference: 2022/3651
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Will you join me in thanking Councillors and council staff across Lambeth and Southwark for their work throughout the recent period of national mourning and their role in ensuring the queue for the lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II, which was mainly in the two boroughs, was safe and secure? As you will know, due to pressures to maintain street cleanliness, many parks and street cleaners in Southwark and parts of Lambeth worked an extra 24 hours during Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state period.