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• Reference: 2016/4498
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Given your comments at the September Mayor's Question time that you "want to ensure that adults in London have access to affordable financial services, including those that will help them save and plan for retirement", - what assessment have you made of the comments by Joanne Segars, Chief Executive of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association that: "we can't simply cross our fingers, close our eyes and pray for interest rates to go up"?

• Reference: 2016/4361
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

You told the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) the government is "lurching towards a hard Brexit" that would be "deeply irresponsible", cause "financial harm" and that the "consequences could be disastrous". What are those consequences and what are you doing to ameliorate them?

• Reference: 2016/4362
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

According to the Bank of England's deputy governor for financial stability, Jon Cunliffe, the pound's volatility will likely continue in the coming months, and sterling's fall reached a 168-year low. What are the consequences of this volatility for London?

• Reference: 2016/4363
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

The LCCI's recent report on Brexit makes a series of recommendations to both Government and City Hall. These include not neglecting the domestic agenda, particularly the need for strategic infrastructure investment and more devolution. What is your response to their recommendations?

• Reference: 2016/4364
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Has the government accepted your argument, for London to have a place at the Brexit negotiating table?

• Reference: 2016/4365
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

What discussions have you had with the Scottish Government, Northern Ireland Executive and Welsh Executive over Brexit, and with what outcome?

• Reference: 2016/4366
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Do you agree with the Creative Industries Federation, that the success of London's creative industries is at risk due to possible post-Brexit restrictions on free movement?

• Reference: 2016/4367
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

In the light of estimated uplifts of nearly 30% in business rates what steps are you taking to encourage London businesses to check their new values?

• Reference: 2016/4368
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

What are you doing to remind businesses that face swingeing increases in business rates to go to the VOA website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/valuation-office-agency/ to check the basis of their new rateable value, as they have only until 30 November 2016 to challenge it?

• Reference: 2016/4369
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Further to Question No: 2016/3929 Further to Question No: 2016/3376 What assessment have you made of the potential impact on London of a business rate revaluation? Your response being: 'It is difficult to predict with certainty the precise impact of the business rate revaluation in London. Forecasts suggest that the total in London could increase by around 10% £700 million but the precise details will not be known until the valuations for each property are published by the Valuation Office on 30 September. These assumptions were reflected in my predecessor's final budget. The largest increases are likely to be in...