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• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is to Jordan. Thanks very much for that introductory statement. Small and large businesses have had to adapt their business models, as you were pointing out, and all of their ways of working to deal with the pandemic situation since March. However, from September, they face the prospect of having to change their business models again to adapt to the changes that will come at the end of December with the no-deal Brexit. Carolyn Fairbairn [Director-General, CBI] has had a lot to say about the Brexit situation. I just wondered...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is addressed to Councillor Georgia Gould and it concerns disproportionality in the economic recovery. I wondered if you could outline for us how you are working with the Mayor to guarantee that London’s economic recovery is fair and open for all Londoners, especially those who have been really disproportionately impacted by COVID?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Good morning. This question is to Jordan from the CBI. In eight days’ time, employers will be made to pay the National Insurance contributions and pension contributions for workers who have been furloughed. In September, employers will be expected to start topping up their furloughed workers’ wages. What impact do you think this will have on sectors of the economy that have not yet been able to open up and generate income?