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• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

David Kurten AM: Good morning, everybody. My first question would go to David Bellamy. I think you would be the person to answer this, but if you are not you can pass it on. My question is, what remuneration will the members of the London Transition Board and London Recovery Board be receiving for their service?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: My questions are to start off with to John O’Brien. I want to ask about support for businesses in London, with a particular focus on the restaurant industry. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, as of July last year there were nearly 16,000 restaurants in London employing around 325,000 people. Clearly, the sector has been hit very hard by COVID-19. Data showed in March, before the pandemic had fully hit, that 71% more food and accommodation businesses closed this March than they had in the previous March. John, I wonder if you could...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 02 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: My first question is to David Bellamy and it is about the balance between lives and livelihoods. Many politicians and commentators have portrayed the journey out of lockdown as a trade-off between the economy and health and between lives and livelihoods. Do you agree that this is a false distinction and that there cannot really be a full economic recovery without the public being confident that going about daily life is safe?

• Reference: 2015/3771
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

How will you secure Zero Carbon Homes?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 December 2014

Nicky Gavron AM: Eddie, I would like to ask some questions about some of the planning aspects of this, however first of all I want to ask you about the legislative process, which I am extremely ignorant on. An order has to be laid before Parliament? When does that have to happen and what is in it?

• Reference: 2011/0099-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Given the £1m funding of the LIFE courses, how much money is LFEPA receiving from other partners to run the courses, and can you give a commitment that if there are issues in receiving funding from partners the LIFE courses will continue without any cut-backs?

• Reference: 2011/0101-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

What action is being taken by the London Fire Brigade against those with a high level of shut in lifts incidents?

• Reference: 2011/0102-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Given that vulnerable elderly people account for over half of fire deaths in the capital, what additional inspection work will be undertaken with Directors of Adult Services and Adult Safeguarding Boards in local authorities to reverse this trend?

• Reference: 2011/0104-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

How will you ensure that fire safety messages reach those young, educated London professionals whose lifestyle traits are the cause of 25% of accidental house fires, as reported recently?

• Reference: 2011/0105-1
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

What are the implications for the London Fire Brigade on the reported increase in fatal fires occurring in converted garages occupied as homes and not supported by the appropriate planning and building regulations? What action is the Authority taking on this and the proliferation of 'out-buildings' built in back gardens and posing significant fire risks.