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• Reference: 2018/0310
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

What are you doing to ensure that the workforce of the London Fire Brigade Service reflects London’s population and its diversity?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Caroline Russell AM: Commissioner, I wanted to say first of all how powerful it was to hear you speaking about the Firefighting Sexism campaign last week at the Young Women’s Trust event upstairs and how really shocking it was to hear about the very negative reaction from some people on Twitter to the suggestion that Fireman Sam might be renamed ‘Firefighter Sam’. That awful Twitter reaction shows just how much we still have to push for gender equality, as you said in your opening when talking about the importance of gender-neutral language and why your Firefighting Sexism campaign is so...

• Reference: 2014/2285
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

You recently conducted a poll which found education about health lifestyles was the most popular priority. Should the public sector therefore rule out cross-promotion and partnerships with food and drink companies strongly associated with high calorie products linked to childhood obesity?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Jenny Jones AM: Thank you. Lord Darzi, I think you will find there is a lot of agreement around the table that air pollution is something that really ought to come under your Commission. I did not quite understand. Are you saying that you are undertaking work at the moment on this? You have started work?