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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

The perception of the residents in that area does not fit exactly with what you have been saying. They feel that the cover that they are offered is lacking because the fire engines have to come from further afield. Not only that but one appliance has been lost from Euston. Therefore, it might be a perception which is not borne out by your figures, but nevertheless they do feel that they are at risk, and that the cover has diminished.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

Mr Faulkner and panel, going back to your opening remarks, I very much concur with what you said, because it squares with my own personal experience. The businesses are prepared to invest in training of their staff when things are prosperous; when things are not so prosperous they cut back, and training is one of the first things to go. At the moment we have a situation in London where unemployment is rising, where the closure of small businesses, according to the VAT figures, is actually more than those businesses which are opening, so, we seem to be in a...