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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Occasionally we have a lively exchange but let us keep to matters of professional interest here. What insights did the report give you when it described you as being too confrontational? What did you take away from that?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

I am not down to speak but I am just intrigued how you reconcile your rather bombastic style as Chair with the need for you to preside over a fire authority which is multi-party and which no party will have a majority and, therefore, you need to rule through a consensus? Do you lie awake at night thinking about this? I am sure you do not.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you for that answer. I freely admit this is a semi-planted question. The question is not planted but I received a briefing from the police several months ago precisely as part of the strategy which I think the Authority supports of seeking to reclaim funding for policing at London City Airport, and I quite strongly support that, it is a very profitable enterprise. As I understand it the figures are that currently policing at Heathrow costs roughly £48 million a year, of which we recover £26 million, and we want to increase that to £35 million. From the public...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

London City Airport; roughly we spend £7 million on policing - I think this is public information - and we are hoping to recover £5 million of that £7 million from them. That is not unreasonable.

• Reference: 2006/0280-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

What steps are you taking to recover costs of policing Heathrow? Why can't you recover the full costs instead of a proportion of costs? Is the shortfall resulting in cutbacks of policing services either at Heathrow or elsewhere? What has BAA offered so far by way of settlement? And are similar recovery efforts being made for London's other airports?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

I thought I might, with your indulgence, Chair, just start the ball rolling by giving one example, very briefly, of good practice which was given to me in my briefing, which is in the Slade Green area of the London borough of Bexley, where Bexley is I think held up as a very good practitioner of community partnerships between the police and the local authority and the voluntary sector and other players, and it has had material benefits, and I guess one thing that would be very helpful in helping to clarify this whole area is to grandstand and exemplify...

• Reference: 2005/0203-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

Do sufficient incentives exist for and is sufficient priority given by London Boroughs to develop community safety partnerships with the MPS? If the position is variable, with examples of good practice but in other cases insufficient attention, what should be done to bring the laggards up to standard?

• Reference: 2005/0176-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

How many Customs Officers routinely work with MPS officers on joint investigations?

• Reference: 2005/0180-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

How many police officers are currently deployed in each of the Royal Parks? And how many arrests did they make in the last year?

• Reference: 2005/0191-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

What assessment have you made of the impact of the Safer Neighbourhoods teams across London and can you give us examples of good practice?