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• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 04 February 2021

David Kurten AM: I would like to ask, yes, Martin Machray if I could, back to the people who were here before. You refer to the vaccine or the injections that people are being given from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna as vaccines. However, the substances from Pfizer and Moderna are not vaccines, as people understand vaccines. They are experimental Messenger RNA (mRNA) gene technologies. Why do you continue to refer to those two substances and injections as vaccines?

• Reference: 2021/0044
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Which data sources do you use to inform your statements on Covid-19?

• Reference: 2021/0252
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

What work are you doing to combat rickets in children in London?

• Reference: 2021/0048
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you assure me that all drivers on the London Underground are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely?

• Reference: 2021/0049
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you assure me that all drivers on London buses are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely?

• Reference: 2021/0053
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

I was most concerned to learn on 24 December 2020 that the pension fund operated by Transport for London has placed more than £25 million with Tencent, a Chinese technology company that the UN has accused of involvement in covert surveillance and censorship on behalf of the Communist regime. Tencent is said to be aiding and abetting China's surveillance state and strict censorship of its own citizens, using covert technology to spy on the persecuted Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang province, who have been forced to pick cotton, have abortions and renounce their faith. 1 What have you done...

• Reference: 2021/0054
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Do you consider that the actions of the Metropolitan Police with respect to Covid-19 have been proportionate to its severity?

• Reference: 2021/0055
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In September 2020, you told the Assembly that you were seeking clarity from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on what the abolition of Public Health England, and creation of the National Institute for Health Protection, would mean for London. Have you received a response from Government to your concerns on this issue?

• Reference: 2021/0253
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

The Edexcel exam board has dropped the only black composer from its music A-level syllabus. Given your calls for a more diverse national curriculum, have you written to Edexcel and other exam boards about the importance of diversity within their syllabus? If so, can you share your communication?

• Reference: 2021/0254
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Are there any courses funded by the Adult Education Budget in London that have not been made available online through the course of the pandemic?