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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 24 October 2007

A little while ago I went to an exhibition at the Building Federation. They were showing what I can only call an updated pre-fabricated house. It was actually a flat. It had a steel frame and it was was in situ, inside this frame. The frame could be put on the back of a lorry and taken to a site and bolted together. You could construct, effectively, a block of flats in modular fashion and all you had to do, having plonked it there, was to connect up electricity and water. The whole thing was centrally heated, and worked just...

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

The problem is when the Chair of the Federation is saying what he says, which is so seriously strong when he says that it is being reported it is far below what really happens, underplayed for political reasons, you can play with statistics in that sense and the public does not feel that we have gotten on top of it. I think that independent statistics surely are the answer.

• Reference: 2006/0382-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Statistics appear to show a drop in crime, but do you have any reservations about the statistics?

• Reference: 2005/0166-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

How would you respond to law-abiding members of the public who see Recommendation 61 of the Lawrence Report as taking away their right to refuse to give police officers personal information?

• Reference: 2005/0168-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 15 June 2005

No doubt you are aware of the complaints about the Met's new in-house magazine, 'The Sharp End'. It has been described by the Metropolitan Police Federation as patronising, insulting and a huge waste of money. Have you read it, and if so, do you agree?