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• Reference: 2008/0057-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Can you advise what future plans are in place to continue the excellent public affairs strategy that has ensured sprinklers in schools, the debate on acetylene cylinders and has influenced fire safer cigarettes?

• Reference: 2008/0058-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

What measures is the London Fire Brigade taking to protect its firefighters from assaults from members of the public whilst on duty?

• Reference: 2007/0093-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What action has been taken to reduce the number of false alarms attended by the London Fire Brigade, and specifically a) the number of unnecessary call outs caused by automatic fire alarms in non-domestic premises and b) the number of malicious hoax calls?

• Reference: 2007/0094-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What progress has been made in promoting fire safety among new and growing ethnic minority and national communities in London?

• Reference: 2007/0096-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What progress has been made towards meeting targets on sustainability set by LFEPA in its Corporate Plan?

• Reference: 2007/0105-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What progress has LFEPA made on achieving the objectives of its action plans under the Combined Equality Scheme?

• Reference: 2007/0107-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What has LFEPA and the London Fire Brigade done to reduce levels of staff sickness absence?

• 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.