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• 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: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

I wanted to pick up on the issue of the budget and ask the Chairman, will you be proposing to the Mayor another rise in LFEPA's take on the precept this year?

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

I wanted to welcome and congratulate you for your new approach to public consultation. As somebody who, on the other side of the fence as a councillor, was completely taken by surprise during the closure of the Manchester Street and Manchester Square Fire Station, by the then Labour controlled Authority, it comes pretty ill to hear them now complaining about your very open and transparent approach towards your future plans. So I welcome that. I wanted to ask you, in terms of priorities, about the Olympics and what work you will be doing around cost and finance as you approach...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

The Commissioner, rightly, made reference to the tragic events in Camberwell. I wanted to hear how you propose to deal with fire risks of aging tall buildings prone to fire.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Chairman, an excellent authority will have an excellent budget setting process. It was somewhat confused last year, I felt, and I wondered if you had any plans to streamline and improve the budget setting process and if perhaps you would learn any lessons from the previous performance of London boroughs, particularly boroughs in north west London?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

I think the Audit Commission raised some of the issues with regard to this as well.

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

hank you, Chair. Quite rightly you identified budget as one of the key challenges. May I first of all ask you, in terms of the vision and where the Authority goes, since recently taking control - which could prove to be a short period but that is another debate altogether - what instructions have you given to the Commissioner and senior officers for any change of direction that you may be seeking?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Can I just go back to Commissioner Dobson and can I add my congratulations to you for your years of service to London. It is the hymn sheet that your borough commanders are speaking from that concerns me. Like Joanne [McCartney] said, I was at a partnership meeting and we welcomed the presentation and it was a thorough presentation, but the presentation gave the view that this was within the context of some sort of policy framework and that, if you like, there had been political decisions made in terms of, yes, we are looking for efficiencies and, yes, you...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

OK. I want to go back, Commissioner, to the point about fire safety and fires in London, which you mentioned there. The latest performance figures clearly show that the number of serious fires have been rising over the last year across the capital; we have seen an increase in fires in dwellings by around 7% and an increase in non-domestic fires around 17% which is concerning, given the trends previously. We are now seeing it reversed. What changes are you going to make to respond to this worrying trend?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

I have a question for the Commissioner, if you can, in a minute, briefly respond. The proposal of what the final shape is, is due to go to consultation. During consultation, if there were requests or requirements to reconsider the start and finish time that you have suggested, would the Authority be prepared to look at it? Obviously in other areas other fire brigades have implemented modernisation programmes and have got different shifts. Would you be prepared to look at those?