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• Reference: 2023/3976
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Are you aware of plans by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew) to move its herbarium collection to Thames Valley Science Park in Reading, and are you concerned at the impact this will have on the standing of RBG Kew as a world-renowned centre of science excellence in London?

• Reference: 2023/3581
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. Have Transport for London (TfL), London Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) all assessed their estate to ensure that the buildings they own do not contain any RAAC and, if they have found any related risks, what are they and what actions are being taken?

• Reference: 2023/3582
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. What wider assessment have you made of the implications of this problem for resilience and strategic planning in London?

• Reference: 2023/3592
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What support could you provide through your Culture and Community Spaces at Risk programme to the artists in Omega Works Warehouses in Haringey, who are facing eviction due to proposed redevelopment?

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My first question is to Hannah Boylan from the GLA Migration Team. Like my colleague, Caroline [Russell AM], I also met with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, who raised a separate issue about asylum seekers living in Home Office asylum accommodation. The guidance from the Home Office says that category 2 health hazards should be made safe within 24 hours and fixed within five days, but I have heard countless examples of Migrant Help - which Caroline [Russell AM] discussed earlier - failing to respond to complaints and help...

• Reference: 2021/0036
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In your answer to my question 2019/14230 you told me that, to date, no recruitment for Transport for London (TfL) had been name-anonymous but you planned future changes to support this. Have these changes now happened and does TfL now use name-anonymous shortlisting in recruitment?

• Reference: 2021/0037
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you confirm whether shortlisting for recruitment in all GLA bodies is now name-anonymous, including recruitment done through partner bodies, outsourced specialist recruitment agencies and for any other work programme, such as apprenticeship schemes run by the GLA and Transport for London (TfL)?

• Reference: 2020/2167
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

On your regular LBC phone-in on 12 June 2020, you said you are no longer attending COBR meetings and were learning what was going on from Government press conferences. Now that these have ceased, how do you hear about changes in policy and guidance from national Government?

• Reference: 2020/2183
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Further to MD2362, MD2363, ADD2043, ADD2194 and the new Culture at Risk Business Support Fund, could you provide data on the total funding that has been made available by the GLA for the administration of the Creative Land Trust between 2016 and 2020, and the amount that has been funded by other donors?

• Reference: 2020/2184
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

During the coronavirus crisis, arts organisations have needed emergency funding to meet their rent obligations. A major long-term problem, outlined in MD2362, has been that these organisations need to purchase workspaces or secure long-term leases, but lack the large deposits required upfront, even if they have funding to support operating costs. Will you help these organisations invest in their futures by making affordable loans and grants available for these deposits?