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• Reference: 2011/0229-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

Considering the prosecution of edf (Électricité de France) in France for spying on Greenpeace campaigners have you had any concerns that the company could be carrying out similar operations in London?

• Reference: 2011/0231-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

Talha Ahsan was born in London and arrested at his home in Tooting on the 19th of July 2006 in response to an extradition request from the United States. He has since been detained without trial for five years. What steps have you taken to bring Mr Ahsan's detention without charge to a conclusion and why is it taking you so long to form a view on this case?

• Reference: 2011/0232-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

What information do you have on the use of Khat in London? Are you aware of any harm caused by its use, or where its use overlaps with criminal activity?

• Reference: 2011/0209-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

With almost 1/2 billion shortfall in MET budgets over the next few years, what land and sites can we expect to be sold-off in Westminster?

• Reference: 2011/0210-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

Why are you not investigating all the war criminals living in London?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 December 2011

Has the Metropolitan Police Service got any plans to close D Division police stations in the north of the city of Westminster and send all the response teams from the south? This is something that ex-policemen in the neighbourhood have suggested is on the drawing board and people are concerned that you will not be able to respond to the gang warfare we have got in Queen's Park from Bulgaria.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Finally, given that you have milestones and key milestones and a set date to achieve it, would it not have been better to have set up bonus payments rather than contingency sums, given that is going to be the name of the game - getting to key stages at key times at critical points? Clearly we would rather be giving them money for achieving that, rather than spending their time making those claims, which invariably half the building trade does.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Sir Roy, if we accept the Government figures as the upper limits to the expenditure on the Olympics, I think the key thing is the management of the contingencies. I am worried that we find ourselves in contracts with contractors who then spend most of their time making claims for the contingencies. They are very generous; about 60% of the build costs. I have certainly had that experience of managing projects myself. What do you have lined up in the procurement arrangements with contractors which make sure they focus and achieve the milestones, rather than putting in the estimators to...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

You have mentioned the Cabinet Committees that are keeping an eye on this. Surely the building contract and the legality of that will supersede anything that they can decide about which contingency sums can be drawn from or not.