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  • Second peak preparation

    • Reference: 2020/2455
    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
    What response have you prepared from City Hall if London experiences a second peak of the coronavirus?
  • Response to the pandemic

    • Reference: 2020/2456
    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
    How do you plan to assess the effectiveness and success of both the London Transition Board and London Recovery Board, both of which you co-chair?
  • KPIs (1)

    • Reference: 2018/2643
    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 19 October 2018
    When will you be releasing Key Performance Indicators on public health?
  • Co-responding Pilot in London

    • Reference: 2015/3732
    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
    Have you had a chance to read the recent report 'Time Critical', and do you support its core recommendation that there should be a co-responding pilot in London that would see medically trained firefighters attending specific types of emergencies, such as cardiac arrests, alongside paramedics to improve response times?
  • Mayor's sponsorship deals with Coca Cola and McDonalds

    • Reference: 2014/4083
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
    In an open letter to the chief medical officer for England, the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health, the Royal College of General Practitioners and a coalition of other health professionals said "an entire generation is being destroyed by a diet of junk food and sugary drinks". In light of this comment and your recent deals with Coca Cola and McDonald's to sponsor two of your programmes FreeSport and Capital Clean Up (which targets, amongst others, youth groups and takes their branding into the school environment) are you making a mockery of your health responsibilities by giving your Mayoral...
  • TfL bus stops converted into Walker's Crisps tweet activated vending machines

    • Reference: 2014/4084
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
    As part of Walkers Crisps marketing stunt 'Do us a Flavour', TfL allowed a number of its bus stops to be converted into temporary vending machines that dispensed free packets of crisps. Concerns have been expressed about this type of direct marketing of processed junk snacks, particularly as children congregate at bus stops and can be disproportionately influenced by such marketing. Given your health responsibilities, will you instruct TfL to reject any future advertising bids from a) companies associated with high sugar, fat and processed foods and drinks linked to childhood obesity and b) companies whose products are perceived to...
  • Breathe Better Together campaign - forecast and alert service

    • Reference: 2014/4087
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
    In answer to my question 2014/1798, you stated that you are developing a new air pollution forecast and alert service to ensure that schools, hospitals and the emergency services have access to this information and integrating it into your 'Breathe Better Together' campaign. Can you explain the means by which your new alert system will inform these groups and other vulnerable Londoners to harmful pollution episodes?
  • Breathe Better Together campaign - launch delay

    • Reference: 2014/4088
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
    With reference to your appearance in front of the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee on the 10th September, in your written evidence you stated that that your Breathe Better Together campaign was due to be launched in September. Why has it been delayed?
  • Inhalers in schools

    • Reference: 2014/3185
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 17 September 2014
    Given your public health responsibilities, will ask all London schools to stock emergency inhalers for children, as the law has now changed to allow this to happen?
  • Promoting unhealthy lifestyles

    • Reference: 2014/2285
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 18 June 2014
    You recently conducted a poll which found education about health lifestyles was the most popular priority. Should the public sector therefore rule out cross-promotion and partnerships with food and drink companies strongly associated with high calorie products linked to childhood obesity?