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  • Workforce Diversity - London Fire Brigade

    • 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?
  • Key Challenges for the London Fire Brigade (Supplementary) [4]

    • 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...
  • Domestic Violence

    • Reference: 2003/0351
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    What more needs to be done to reduce domestic violence? .
  • Outreach Programme

    • Reference: 2003/0353
    • Question by: Noel Lynch
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    In a recent survey of older people, Age Concern found that nearly half of over 75s are afraid to leave their home at night. What kind of out reach programmes does the Met have for helping to tackle this fear, bearing in mind that the chance of being a victim of crime decreases as one gets older? .
  • Safety Camera - Offences

    • Reference: 2003/0405
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    What is the timetable for reaching the target of 59% of safety camera offences turned into fines paid? .
  • Speeding

    • Reference: 2003/0408
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    Do you think that the MPA should adopt an objective of a cultural shift in the attitude to speeding, with a reduction across the London road network in the proportion of people breaking the law; .
  • Crime Prevention Scheme

    • Reference: 2003/0352
    • Question by: Noel Lynch
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    A recent survey by Age Concern showed that 66% of older people report crime while 60% would like more information about crime prevention schemes. What programmes do the Met have to get older people involved in crime prevention? .
  • Illegally Felled Timber

    • Reference: 2003/0401
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    What plans does the Commissioner have to ensure adequate officers are working to combat the sale of illegally felled timber, particularly now that broadleaved mahogany has been listed on Appendix II of CITES, making it illegal to import it into the UK without a license, and therefore illegal to sell it in the UK? .
  • Road Safety

    • Reference: 2003/0402
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    Why is the MPA priority on road safety, not being backed up by additional resources to fill the seventy longstanding vacancies in the ranks of the traffic divsion? .
  • Transport Operation Unit

    • Reference: 2003/0403
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    Whilst the creation of the Transport Operation Unit is welcomed as a way of dealing with issues of congestion, parking enforcement and mini cab licensing; do you regard it as satisfactory that the MPA plans for continued expansion in the coming three years won't do anything to directly help with the implementation of the Mayor's road safety plan? .