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• Reference: 2015/1564
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 03 June 2015

With the Metropolitan Police Service needing to make £800m in savings, it will become increasingly vital that it can deliver more with less. What role does technology have to play in providing London with a police force fit for the 21st century?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 03 June 2015

Mr Mayor, I do not like to kick a man when he is down, but I am always willing to make an exception in the case of the Liberal Democrats. You have mentioned Nick de Bois’ attempts to introduce mandatory prison sentences for second offences of possession of a knife. Do you recall that it was in fact the Liberal Democrats who opposed that amendment?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

It was widely said by your political opponents that in times of cuts and recession crime was likely to increase in London. We have heard from you and we have heard from the Commissioner, very encouragingly, that crime figures are improving, crime rates are going down. Can you assure me, and indeed London, that crime truly is decreasing, or is it related to the fact that crime is being screened out?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

Are you aware, Commissioner, and you, Chair, that the points made by the noble Baroness [Dee Doocey] about the custody centres in Richmond and Kingston probably bear a closer relationship to the fact that there are local by-elections next week in the area than any attention to the facts. The truth of the matter is that the reason that the previous scheme went down was because of a total lack of consultation and communication by the MPA with the local population that the new custody centre was going to be located in the middle of a residential area which, quite...

• Reference: 2010/0149-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 November 2010

To protect Londoners we must ensure that the Metropolitan police offer a good and reliable service, and that we have preventative and rehabilitative initiatives in place, rather than simply focus on police numbers. What has the Met done in the last two years and what does it intend to do to keep London safe?

• Reference: 2010/0159-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 November 2010

With the announced changes to health and safety rules and the removal of many guidelines and targets, police will hopefully once again be allowed to use their initiative. Should we be aiming to raise the standard of the police entrance exams to ensure they have the strong verbal and numerical skills necessary?

• Reference: 2010/0160-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 November 2010

Having arrested a criminal and brought them to justice, isn't it demoralising for police to find that the option of custodial sentencing has been removed?

• Reference: 2010/0161-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 November 2010

What kind of message are we sending out to criminals and victims of crime, each time a criminal avoids a jail sentence? Won't the reduction in custodial sentencing encourage crime? How will the news - that plans for a new 1,500-place prison have been deferred and that custodial sentencing will be reduced - affect crime in the capital?

• Reference: 2010/0162-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 November 2010

What evidence is there that crime will be reduced following the planned changes to sentencing and prison spaces (as referred to in Q161/2010 above)?

• Reference: 2010/0163-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 November 2010

What is the Metropolitan police's response to the coalition government's new stance to tackling problem drinking? What actions do the Metropolitan Police hope councils will take with their newly enhanced powers?