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• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Len Duvall AM: Thank you, Chair. In terms of the UKSPF and the skills in London, how does that fund adequately replace the funding London received for skills from the European Union (EU) and how does that factor in to the work of the AEB?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel, great to see you here. Deputy Mayor, as you know, we are now predicted, very sadly, to be going into a recession and the associated high unemployment that will come with that. Through the AEB, how is the GLA going to support Londoners through what is going to be a turbulent time?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 01 July 2021

Marina Ahmad AM: My question is to the Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe. As we know, London is the engine of the UK economy and accounts for almost a quarter of the country’s economic output. The coming years are going to be dominated by how London responds to the pandemic and the damage it has caused the city, which is why the Mayor’s manifesto focused on the recovery needs of the city and talked about jobs, jobs, jobs. Deputy Mayor, what do we need from the planning system to support the Mayor’s aim of protecting jobs as our city recovers from...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 04 March 2021

Len Duvall AM: Jules, can I take you back to Joanne McCartney’s [AM] question around skills training and the ability to build capacity into various sectors? For instance, we know that one of the barriers to retraining or getting people back into the world of work is effective childcare. We also know across London there are gaps in the provision, whether it is childminding at one end, flexible care or even nursery provision. Of course, we could grow that sector if we wanted to because some of it has collapsed during the pandemic; some of those small businesses have gone...