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• Reference: 2024/1205
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

A constituent has raised with me the importance of Bethnal Green food bank in supporting homeless and low-income households to get by in the ongoing cost of living crisis. Will you support foodbanks across London with extra funding to help them provide for the escalating demand in food and toiletries?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. As my new year resolution for City Hall, I think we can all agree that the office of the Mayor of London should not be for sale in the new year. I made public earlier this week that United Airlines secured free publicity and final sign off on City Hall materials in exchange for business class flights for your trip to the United States [of America] (USA) in May 2022. Now, Mr Mayor, it sounds like this may have been a one-off error of judgement, but the months-long delay in responding to our questions...

• Reference: 2023/3561
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Could you provide the rationale and financial implications of the decision to contract Corporate Travel Management (CTM) as the GLA’s travel booking provider, and are you content with this relationship given the company’s £1.6 billion contract to provide the Home Office with asylum accommodation ships?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Just very briefly, we in the Green Group are deeply concerned by the new evidence that has emerged that the Mayor has just raised involving the conduct of a member of the Police and Crime Committee, which I chair. All of us in the Assembly have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards in public office. We are the voice of London and Londoners expect us to abide by the law. I personally would like to request a meeting with the leader of the Conservative Group to discuss this matter and I would just...

• Reference: 2023/2607
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

A report to the GLA Oversight Committee on the State of London Debate 2023, tabled on 24 May 2023, states that “disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated, with a right of non-admittance to previously known protagonists.” Could you tell me: a) what is the definition of a “previously known protagonist”, b) who will identify “previously known protagonists” ahead of the event and how, c) will “previously known protagonists” be informed that they have been identified as such ahead of the event, d) what third parties will be engaged in the security of the event in addition to the GLA security...

• Reference: 2023/0646
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

On their way into the State of London Debate 2022, a number of young people from Green New Deal Rising (GNDR) were identified by a plain clothes official who recognised their faces and called out their names. The young people involved are understandably concerned about how they came to the attention of the security teams at the event. Could you explain how the campaigners were identified, and do you share my concerns that this kind of invasive security looks repressive and secretive? [for ref - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/environmental-campaigners-spied-on-may…]

• Reference: 2023/0299
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

In your response to my question 2021/4069, you said that accessible toilets created via Good Growth Fund investments are defined as those meeting the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requirements and complying with building regulations Approved Document M, to ensure that a broad range of people can access and use public facilities. Could you provide an update on how many accessible toilets that meet the DDA and building regulations requirements have been funded by the Good Growth Fund, and whether more are planned?

• Reference: 2023/0285
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

What more can you do to help nurses in London with the high cost of living?

• Reference: 2022/5282
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

The Warmer Homes Advice Service provides advice to Londoners on “saving energy and tackling dampness and mould”. Could you tell me: a) how many people have used this service since its launch, b) how are you quantifying if the advice received has led to warmer and better ventilated homes, and c) could you share this data with me?

• Reference: 2021/4425
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

What are you doing to encourage the meanwhile use of the City Hall building, for community, cultural and educational benefit, after we leave and before any new tenants arrive? Managing this could be usefully entrusted by our landlords to a local community organisation, such as Living Bankside, and you are the right person to facilitate such discussions between these parties.