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• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: It has been really fantastic to hear your answers to the questions that have come before, Deputy Mayor and Commissioner. Anyone who has done their homework knows that Sadiq [Khan, Mayor of London] has been a fierce advocate for improving building safety in London, pushing developers in the right direction on this particular point. Commissioner, you said in your earlier comments that we need to see integrity, not profit, as a driver for the way that developers integrate building safety in their plans. You are absolutely spot on and that is exactly what the London Plan pushes...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Len Duvall AM: If I can just go back over some of the issues, if we set aside some of the challenges in terms of service delivery that you have, we know we have the Government thing and the feds do not really understand us and never really supported some of our services. It does not matter, regardless of political persuasion, there is always that tension. We now have regional politicians and the likes of the Mayor [of London] and Fiona Twycross giving the resources that they can provide to you in terms of the service. In that sense, you...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

The LFB is currently using its reserves in terms of balancing its budgets. That cannot be a good thing and I know it is not for the long term and why you have to do it, but you have to do it -. Does it not put additional pressures on you and your transformational process and work to deliver the better services that Londoners need?

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning, Fiona and Andy, it is great to have you join us. It is so important that you have both already mentioned the Grenfell tragedy, a nightmare for many, but a reality for the residents who are still waiting for justice. It is a pertinent conversation to frame the rest of the discussion today about building safety. I wanted to start off by asking you, Fiona, specifically, what fire safety measures have been introduced into the planning system and how are they improving safety for Londoners?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

In terms of the challenges faced by the LFB in the future, severe weather is having an impact, and in terms of flooding in particular, does the LFB have the equipment it needs and the right level of resource to respond to flooding in London now and in the future?