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• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Has, for example, something like a register of all the private coach operators in London been established? Has that all happened already?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Right, so that is about 10 years old.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Just following up on the points about spontaneous evacuation, as opposed to the formal evacuation plans, and if the plans to guide and inform people and all the rest of it did not work, could people expect formal restrictions on their movement in the event of a severe incident?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Would you agree that the BTP, CCTV systems, and communications systems on the Underground are actually an important part of protection, as well as evacuation plans?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Do you, therefore, think it is a problem that we are undersupplied with all of those resources on the over-ground system in London?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

I appreciate, Mr Messenger, you cannot answer for BTP, and BTP are not here today, and indeed, BTP do not have full control of their own resources, and that is an issue. Are you aware of any timetable for the conclusion of those discussions?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Commander Michael Messinger, MPS added:

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Prior to the election, I was a member of that Gold group, and I know how I was going to be ferried in to whichever point was possible. It is not always possible to get in to Scotland Yard, but there will be that gap when the international media are absolutely, totally hungry for news, as will be Londoners and the rest of the UK. Someone has to fill that gap, and I am asking, 'who?'

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

I am glad to hear the balanced view on that. Obviously, we totally oppose them, but one of the main problems is that many people claim benefits for them ' in situations like this ' when other countries, when you ask them, on their own systems, they say, 'No, it does not help.' The core of my question really was, 'Is there any evidence that has ever been produced, any specific data or evidence that is currently being used in order to justify the introduction of compulsory identity cards with regard to situations like this ' civil contingencies?'

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

One of the issues is, obviously, what would happen in a chemical attack or other form of attack which involves pollution of the air or water. One of the concerns then is that widespread panic could take place, so what would be the position of and what plans are there to physically constrain people within specific areas where those areas have been subject to the chemical attack?