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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.

• Reference: 2007/0109-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

A joint report by the Home Office and police found that more than 80% of CCTV pictures are of such poor quality they are no good for police purposes, and most cameras are in the wrong places to help in fighting serious crime or terrorism. * Is the purpose of CCTV cameras, to tackle low-level, high-volume crime and disorder in town centres, being undermined by a lack of quality? * The report also claimed that authorities have no idea how many cameras exist despite claims that Britain is the most watched nation in the world, with more than 4m in...

• Reference: 2007/0122-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

The MPS took the decision to make all of its safer neighbourhoods teams have the same number of officers/PCSOs in them, regardless of whether they are in high/low crime areas. * How is this compatible with the 'policing according to need' rhetoric when affluent low crime areas will have as many officers as high crime areas of deprivation? * How do you see this working for areas with high crime rates? *What are the chances of this decision being reconsidered?

• Reference: 2007/0123-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

An Asian Police Officer, who won an employment tribunal against the Metropolitan Police Service on the grounds of victimisation, warned ethnic minorities to steer clear of careers in the Metropolitan Police. Will comments like these make it more difficult to meet the Home Office targets of increasing the ethnic minority complement of the force to 25 per cent by 2009?

• Reference: 2007/0124-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

The Home Office's Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) aims to: achieve a more citizen-focused service to the public, tackle anti-social behaviour and disorder, reduce crime in line with the Government's Public Service Agreements, combat serious/organised crime, and narrow the justice gap. How confident are you that the 2007/2008 performance indicators will have the intended results?