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• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

One final question. Studying your documents there do not seem to be a vast number of trips being planned, for example, to other Commonwealth countries, with which Britain already has very good relations but could be improved. Is there a particular reason why that is the case?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

One of the considerations might be that we have had very clear ones to Cuba, Venezuela etc, which do not strike us as being those areas which would be immediately promoting London as such an important international city. Clearly, that is a priority. Why?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

One of the issues is, obviously, what would happen in a chemical attack or other form of attack which involves pollution of the air or water. One of the concerns then is that widespread panic could take place, so what would be the position of and what plans are there to physically constrain people within specific areas where those areas have been subject to the chemical attack?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Thank you for the answer, sir, to the relationship with the trial. Can we be clear? Have we got agreed performance and assessment criteria or other success criteria that are being applied to this, so that at the end of it, we can say this has been a successful trial, and therefore, we want the Government money to flow, or alternatively, that maybe this is not the right way forward?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

What are they?

• Reference: 2004/0415-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

LFEPA, along with the police and ambulance services, has set up a multi-agency initial assessment team, on a trial basis, to provide a rapid initial assessment at catastrophic incidents. If the trial proves successful are you confident that Government funding will be forthcoming to allow the team to continue?