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• 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: 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: 2021/0036
• 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)?

• Reference: 2020/2385
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, how do you intend to work with English Heritage who are responsible for many of the disputed statues in Central London boroughs, for example City of Westminster? Also, have we identified a place to move statues for example the new premises of the London Museum in Smithfield Market, Farringdon?

• Reference: 2020/2167
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On your regular LBC phone-in on 12 June 2020, you said you are no longer attending COBR meetings and were learning what was going on from Government press conferences. Now that these have ceased, how do you hear about changes in policy and guidance from national Government?

• Reference: 2020/2060
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 18 June 2020

How many blue plaques were put up by the GLC and LCC separately during their rein over London government?

• Reference: 2020/1599
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 May 2020

What is your assessment of the five lockdown tests used by the government to decide when to relax restrictions in relation to London?

• Reference: 2020/1600
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 May 2020

What kind of economic recovery are you expecting in London – U or V shaped or an alternative one?