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• 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...

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 09 June 2022

Zack Polanski AM: Good afternoon to you both. I would like to direct my questions to the Mayor. I would like to ask you about renewable energy. In 2019, we received a written answer that said that TfL were only using 200 megawatt hours per year of renewable energy. Now, that is 0.01% which is attributable to renewable sources. That figure is embarrassingly low. When you were challenged about this by my colleagues you did concede and you said, “You are right; we have to do much better[...] We do not want to wait until the mid-2020s”. Well, it is...

• Reference: 2020/4555
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

The Home Office has used specially chartered flights to deport rejected refugees and migrants en masse for 12 years now. A constituent of mine wants Government to end this method of deportation for foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children. Do you share her concerns that mass deportation flights are a violation of basic human rights?

• Reference: 2020/4556
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Can you reassure my constituents that the increased use of e-scooters will enable pedestrians to use pavements safely? We must ensure greener forms of transport are safe for all concerned via additional regulation and by ensuring there is not a law enforcement deficit.

• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Florence Eshalomi AM MP: Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that answer, and again it just highlights the fact that we do need to look at how we help families. Mr Mayor, you will remember last year we went to the Peckham Pantry in Southwark to see the good work of different organisations who were effectively supporting people who were in work but having to rely on food banks. Now, just yesterday the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that for the first time they are going to be feeding children in the UK, including £25,000 going to...

• Reference: 2020/4483
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Why are in-work Londoners visiting Foodbanks in ever greater numbers?

• Reference: 2020/3985
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Will London be able to deliver a second ‘Everyone In’ programme to ensure those Londoners sleeping rough are able to be safe and secure over this current and future lockdowns and over the winter months?

• Reference: 2020/3986
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

While I agree with your ambition to guard against a car-led recovery from coronavirus, will you pay heed to local residents’ concerns about 24/7 bus lane trials? They have issues with receiving deliveries and also of safely transporting those with mobility issues who need direct access to homes and business.

• Reference: 2020/3987
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Can the Mayor confirm that the 24/7 bus lane trials process was consulted upon in a suitably transparent manner?

• Reference: 2020/3599
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Mr Mayor I am committed to your overall plans to discourage a car-led recovery from the COVID 19 pandemic. 28 of the 100 bus lanes that make up the recently introduced 24/7 bus lanes, fall within my constituency. What is the Mayor and TfL doing to ensure that the right balance is being struck between the needs of businesses and households and the need for cleaner London air?