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• Reference: 2024/1194
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Residents living near New River Path in Islington and Hackney have raised concerns about the alarming amount of litter along the route. The two councils, along with Thames Water, have reportedly failed to take responsibility for the issue, leaving it to volunteer litter pickers to keep the path clean. What actions are you taking to get this sorted, and will you step in to convene the relevant stakeholders to address it?

• Reference: 2024/1195
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

How will your January 2024 report, Properties vulnerable to heat impacts in London: Prioritisation for adaptation interventions, commissioned by the GLA from Arup, inform your initiatives to: a) increase the green coverage of London, and b) retrofit homes and public buildings?

• Reference: 2024/1196
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

The Government has managed to deliver greater carbon savings than planned in their third five-year carbon budget, for 2018 to 2022 inclusive. Is London on track or behind your published pathways to reach your 2030 net zero goal?

• Reference: 2024/1201
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

On 25 January 2024 the London Assembly unanimously passed my budget related motion, calling on you to prioritise addressing the gaps in training workers in the skills needed for the retrofitting industry and to explore all potential sources of income that can be put towards retrofit programmes, including calling on the Government to provide consistent, multi-year funding without restrictive conditions. Could you update me as to when you will respond to this motion?

• Reference: 2024/1202
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

I support your decision to install air filters in 200 schools with a view to expanding this programme in future. What evidence will you record from these installations and will you be collecting data to show improved attendance, reductions in infectious disease spread and improved health outcomes for pupils and staff with health conditions?

• Reference: 2024/1203
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2024/0391, in which you said: “the toilets reopened to members of the public on 15 January 2024. TfL has further enhanced its maintenance regime to help prevent a future closure.” Could you tell me the reason for the re-closure of the toilets at Vauxhall station, despite the drainage repairs and improved maintenance regime, and how soon they will re-open?

• Reference: 2024/1204
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

How are you ensuring London’s sex workers are able to fully access the healthcare they need, with specific regard to the unique barriers sex work presents?

• 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?

• Reference: 2024/1206
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

In December 2023, Transport for London (TfL) announced that £43.1 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Funding had been allocated to upgrade both Colindale and Leyton stations. Do these plans include repairing or upgrading the existing toilets at Leyton station, or the construction of new toilets at Colindale station?

• Reference: 2024/1207
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Constituents have raised with me questions relating to historic child abuse covered in a February 2024 investigation by the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association (SOSA) and the Daily Mirror. The article details the shocking sexual abuse of two former Lambeth care children by a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer along with claims of a conspiracy to cover it up. In light of the fact more victims have come forward who suffered sexual abuse by MPS officers, do you believe it is just or appropriate for the MPS to rely on time limitation to prevent the individuals from getting justice, especially as...