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• 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...

• Reference: 2001/0195-1
• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Towards a London Plan is a notoriously central London-centric strategy. The economic development strategy, on the other hand, has the foresight to look to develop London's subregions and town centres. Does this mean that the two strategies will be working against each other? .

• Reference: 2001/0185-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What progress has the LDA made on developing a tourism strategy for London? .

• Reference: 2001/0186-1
• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What steps is the LDA taking to support the regeneration of declining town centres in London suburbs? .

• Reference: 2001/0187-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

How is the LDA working to influence EU economic development policy? .

• Reference: 2001/0188-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Is it the LDA's policy to respond to European Commission calls for proposals, such as the recent call for proposals regarding the formulation of a framework for co-operation to promote urban development? .

• Reference: 2001/0189-1
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Do you recognise that, to be successful, economic regeneration needs to be complemented by social regeneration? How will the LDA ensure that its projects are not undermined by their focus on the economic side of regeneration? .

• Reference: 2001/0190-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What steps is the LDA taking to lobby for greater flexibility in the use of SRB grants? .

• Reference: 2001/0191-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What steps is the LDA taking to link together initiatives for health, housing, employment and training to tackle exclusion in a holistic way? What flagship projects of this nature have been developed? .

• Reference: 2001/0192-1
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

How will the LDA provide support to those London communities affected by the decline in the air industry? .