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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Just in case Londoners watching this think that London Fire Service is always locked in disputes about things, I think other answers and briefings we have seen show that there has been massive development of work practices and cooperation, for example, community fire safety work, which I think all Londoners would welcome. This does look like an impending dispute and I am wondering how you see it evolving and being managed and, without carrying your negotiations on in public, what you see as being the bottom line, the problems, the challenges that we face in addressing those?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you. Have you done any costings of this? What it would actually cost to start this programme? I want to check the cost of taking out beds to replace them when those beds may be perfectly good ones, plus any ancillary costs on building work that may be necessary.

• Reference: 2006/0266-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Has LFEPA consulted fire fighters on the proposed changes to the shift patterns and why do you think that the changes will bring benefits to the workforce and Londoners?

• Reference: 2005/0402-1
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 09 November 2005

How is the fire brigade in Lewisham working with partners to reduce arson in unoccupied properties?

• Reference: 2004/0197-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

Do you accept the view that the biggest difficulty facing the Thames Gateway is the social infrastructure (schools, hospitals, housing etc)? How do you plan to address this? .

• Reference: 2004/0198-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

How will the creation of a UDC affect LDA funding streams and priorities in East London? .

• Reference: 2004/0201-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

Do you envisage using LDA resources to develop the Thames Gateway Bridge? .

• Reference: 2004/0202-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

How will you ensure that the Olympic bid area will be regenerated if we do not win the bid? What priority is being given to ensure that local businesses and residents, particularly those from excluded groups, benefit from business and employment opportunities from the Games? .

• Reference: 2004/0203-1
• Question by: Diana Johnson
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

What steps are the LDA and Thames Gateway UDC taking to liaise with the MPS, MPA and BTP regarding policing needs in the new Thames Gateway area? .

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

I wanted to ask, and I suppose it is directed mostly at Tony (Winterbottom), how the LDA sees its role in supporting an Urban Development Corporation (UDC) for east London, and how does it see its role in that, particularly in the Olympic scenario, or alternatively the non-Olympic scenario?