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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...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Commissioner, can I say on behalf of my constituents how grateful we were to firefighters who attended at Clapham Junction in Battersea. Indeed, yesterday, Jane Ellison, the Member of Parliament for Battersea, was visiting the Battersea firefighters at the station. I would have been there too had I not been here on Transport Committee duties. My question is first of all to the Chairman. Do you share my impatience and frustration at Navin Shah's question to you about the budget and the potential budget of LFEPA, when it is so skilfully managed by Councillor Maurice Heaster from Wandsworth and the...

• Reference: 2010/0108-1
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

How have the prospects for families in housing need improved since the current Mayoralty began?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

Could you, Mr Blakeway, promise me not to carry anything over from the last administration with regard to housing? Could you promise three things really: first of all, could you promise not to disappoint Londoners with oversold targets that are unachievable? Could you promise me not to raise the aspirations of Londoners and then dash those hopes and blame someone else? Could you also promise not to build a home for somebody in housing need but actually deliver a rabbit hutch? So in short, can you assure me that the strategies will be realistic, achievable and honest, which would be...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

Richard, a question for you. Would you not agree, following on from that debate you just had, that inflexible percentage targets are indeed a tired and lazy analysis of the needs of our residents?

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 20 October 2010

On the subject that Mike was pursuing about structure and powers, what thoughts have you got around devolving or increasing the powers of the Assembly around scrutiny in the new world?

• Reference: 2010/0100-1
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 08 September 2010

What is LFEPA doing in preparation for the results of the Comprehensive Spending Review in October and the severe funding cuts that you are likely to experience?

• Reference: 2010/0101-1
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2010

In light of the Government project 'Fire Futures' and the Mayor's document 'Investing For Recovery -A New Deal For London', what strategic-level changes would you like to see?

• 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?'