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• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Mr Chairman, Commissioner, I wanted to also thank and congratulate you for your sterling work over the last few weeks alongside the officers of the MPS. It was a fantastic joint operation dealing with very difficult circumstances. I know and was pleased that you mentioned that the coordination between the two services was exceptional and saved a lot of lives as a result. I also wanted to offer my congratulations for, frankly, another magnificent year of performance both in terms of output and budget. You seem to be achieving year-on-year, that magic equation of doing better for less, consistently. I...

• Reference: 2010/0102-1
• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 08 September 2010

Over the last two years London's Fire Service has significantly improved performance. What measures will you take to ensure that performance levels remain high in the face of financial uncertainty?

• Reference: 2010/0103-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 08 September 2010

What benefits do the 12:12 shift pattern proposals bring to the fire service and Londoners?'

• Reference: 2009/0163-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Will you please explain what service improvements, efficiencies and other ancillary benefits we may expect if the 12:12 shift-pattern for firefighters is implemented?

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

I wanted to welcome and congratulate you for your new approach to public consultation. As somebody who, on the other side of the fence as a councillor, was completely taken by surprise during the closure of the Manchester Street and Manchester Square Fire Station, by the then Labour controlled Authority, it comes pretty ill to hear them now complaining about your very open and transparent approach towards your future plans. So I welcome that. I wanted to ask you, in terms of priorities, about the Olympics and what work you will be doing around cost and finance as you approach...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Chairman, an excellent authority will have an excellent budget setting process. It was somewhat confused last year, I felt, and I wondered if you had any plans to streamline and improve the budget setting process and if perhaps you would learn any lessons from the previous performance of London boroughs, particularly boroughs in north west London?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Thank you, Commissioner. That sounds like a very reasonable proposal from Londoners' point of view. Why do you think the Fire Brigades Union has objected to it?

• Reference: 2008/0047-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

What plans are there for modernising London fire stations to ensure they are fit for purpose?