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• Reference: 2020/4066
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

The makers of wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles and other supposedly environment-friendly technologies claim that these technologies are ‘green,’ ‘clean’ and ’just.’ Cobalt is an expensive metal used in electric car batteries, costing about $35,000 per ton. Some 59% of all cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Cobalt mining in DRC is often done by children, some as young as seven, with as many as 40,000 working in what are reported to be brutal and unsafe conditions 1 . Is it morally right that the GLA should be developing energy policy, without paying heed to the...

• Reference: 2020/2938
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Given your closeness to Extinction Rebellion and your support for ‘Black Lives Matter’, do you agree with Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Gail Bradbrook, who in the London Evening Standard on Friday 4 September 2020, questioned the ‘racist pollution impact of the Silvertown Tunnel.’ What is your understanding of the term ‘racist pollution’ and will it impact your support for the Silvertown Tunnel?

• Reference: 2020/0455
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 24 February 2020

How is the pledge you made in September 2015 to plant two million trees during your first term, if you became London’s Mayor, coming along? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/24/sadiq-khan-labour-cand…

• Reference: 2020/0456
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 24 February 2020

You have stated that three-monthly average NO2 levels in central London fell from 89 micrograms per cubic metre in 2019 Q1 to 57 micrograms per cubic metre in 2019 Q3. What were the three-monthly average NO2 levels in 2018 Q1, 2018 Q2, 2018 Q3, 2018 Q4, 2019 Q2, 2019 Q4, and where can the full set of comparable data be publicly viewed? (Q1 = Jan - Mar, Q2 = Apr - Jun, Q3 = Jul - Sep, Q4 = Oct - Dec)

• Reference: 2020/0457
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 24 February 2020

You stated in the recent Peoples’ Question Time in Wood Green that it would take 193 years for NO2 levels to fall below the legal limit without intervention. What is the source reference for this claim?

• Reference: 2020/0137
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 16 January 2020

What level of particulate matter (PMs) do you consider to be hazardous to human health?

• Reference: 2019/20795
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

How do your education and urban greening programmes improve children’s access to nature, towards the one hour per day recommended by the Wildlife Trusts?

• Reference: 2019/20796
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

How do you ensure that London’s green spaces are accessible to vulnerable and marginalised young people, such as those with SEND?

• Reference: 2019/20800
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Constituents in Islington are reporting problems with applying for the Solar Together initiative. Please provide details of the Solar Together scheme in Islington, including application criteria and deadlines, that will help my constituents in joining the scheme.

• Reference: 2019/20801
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2019

Please provide details of the Solar Together scheme in Hackney, including application criteria and deadlines, that will help my constituents in joining the scheme.