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• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Andrew Boff AM: Professor Fenton, on I think 3 March [2020], the Mayor of London said that there is no risk of people catching coronavirus while travelling on buses or trains in the capital. Did you give him that advice?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Chair. I would like to ask Dr Fenton. We heard from the Chair and you earlier about admissions to hospitals with COVID being the highest since the start of the declared pandemic in March 2020. How do total hospital admissions now, this January, compare to last January and other winter seasons before this year?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Martin, for that really clear description of what is happening in our hospitals and to the people working in those hospitals. I want to talk about the vaccination of frontline workers. I do realise that vaccination rollout is in early stages and that we will not know for a few months whether vaccination has any effect on reducing transmission, but yesterday the Government released guidance that said phase two of vaccination may include targeted vaccination of those at high risk of exposure and/or those delivering key public services. This week we...

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

Navin Shah AM: Thank you very much. My question is to Professor Fenton. We saw in the first wave that BAME Londoners were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. In fact, the figures were very damning and not acceptable in any situation. What lessons have we learned since the first wave and what has been implemented as a result to improve the situation, which needs to be done speedily and dramatically?

• Reference: 2018/0311
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

What are the key challenges for the London Fire Brigade over the next 12 months?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Andrew Dismore AM: Thank you, Chair. Could I congratulate you both, the Commissioner on her reappointment, I guess, and Fiona on her forthcoming appointment as Deputy Mayor [for Fire and Resilience]? I am sure - and I know - both of you will do excellent work in those roles. Could I ask Fiona? After the Government refused to provide extra funding for the Brigade post Grenfell either for the extra equipment needed or for the running costs of the Brigade, we would all agree that the Mayor’s decision to step in and provide extra funding for the Brigade and sharing...

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Tom Copley AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning and congratulations to you both. My question is on high-rise building inspections. What progress is being made post the Grenfell Tower fire to ensure the safety of tall buildings in London, including not just council-owned and social housing but also privately-owned housing blocks and non-housing public and commercial buildings?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Navin Shah AM: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner and Chair, both of you, a very good morning and congratulations. Commissioner, thank you for seeing me last week on the subject of sprinklers and that is the issue I want to talk to you about today as well. I have a couple of questions. Can you tell me please what the Fire Authority’s stance is on the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in residential buildings, care homes and similar buildings where people live in particular? Thank you.

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Again, my congratulations to both of you on your appointments. If I could ask you questions about blue-light collaboration and also about the Harris review, to some extent, some of the questions I was going to ask have already been covered in your answer, Commissioner, to Assembly Member Pidgeon, who happened to get in before me. However, if we could start off with blue-light collaboration and noting the answers that you have already given to Assembly Member Pidgeon, Commissioner, what are the barriers to the LFB’s efforts to comply with the duty to collaborate...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 February 2018

Joanne McCartney AM: Yes, I want to ask about something you touched on in your opening and that was the Total Recalls campaign and white goods fires. From my figures, you had 329 fires last year caused by faulty white goods. You have done some work on the cost to the public purse and it looks like it is around £19 million to £20 million per year that these fires cost London taxpayers. Do you think that the Government’s working group on product safety is strong enough? I know you have talked about a register now being put in place...