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• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

): Can I just begin by thanking, through you Chair, the entire staff of LFEPA for their outstanding professionalism during the riots? I wanted to talk to you about the future of the emergency control mobilising centre, the 999 call centre. I have it on good account that the staff of that centre performed magnificently during the riots. In fact, an entire shift stayed on as volunteers to double up the normal capacity. I hope you would not disagree with me if I said it is fair to say that is the most efficient and effective 999 fire control centre...

• Reference: 2009/0177-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Do you agree with me that there is strong case for completely banning the sale of fireworks to the public

• Reference: 2009/0173-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Does the Mayor give you 100% support as Chair of the Fire Authority?

• Reference: 2009/0175-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

What is LFEPA doing to ensure the safety of residents in tower blocks in London?

• Reference: 2009/0176-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

What was the total Members' allowances collected by Conservative Members of the Authority last year and what is the total for 2009/10 expected to be?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Can I just begin by declaring hospitality? I attended the awards lunch at Lords [LFEPA staff achievement awards] and I enjoyed it and I sat next to the Counter-Terrorism Joint Liaison team between the Metropolitan Police Service and the Fire Brigade, who won an award, deservedly, for their work at Operation Tiger Tiger. However, subsequently one of those posts was proposed for cuts, within this package of cuts which our colleague has been proposing. I will have to say I would much rather have kept the post than have the lunch - nice lunch that it was. Can I just...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Do you accept in any way, Chairman, that your confrontational approach to the budget-setting this year has led to unnecessary anxieties amongst staff within the brigade.

• Reference: 2003/0177
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I notice that 'Tube lines' programme of station rebuilds and major refurbishments is heavily biased away from South London stations. Did you discuss the priority order of these schemes with Tube Lines and if so can you justify only working on 3 south London stations in the next 5 years? Do you think there is scope for reviewing these priorities when TfL takes over LUL? .

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I should say `welcome'; I think every Londoner would want you to be successful in your job. I think you should understand that we all wish you well in your post. I appreciate that Brixton, which is the sixth busiest station in London, is being done and that Kennington is being done. Are you saying you are satisfied with the criteria that Tube Lines have applied in terms of determining their priorities? If I could make a point that I think parallels something that Toby was saying: because there are fewer stations in South London, in my view they have...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

Some stations, although they may not be in a critical condition, are not very good; for instance, Stockwell in South London is not due for a makeover until 2008. They may not be the worst on the list, but nonetheless they are a very poor environment. We have a significant amount of antisocial behaviour and nuisance around those stations, which I think is partially conditioned by the fact that the station is not in a good state and does not feel like a secure environment, as Toby mentioned. Is there any prospect for interim work to be done to give...