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• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

My question, and emphasis here, is actually that rather than focus on the quantity of jobs, we have also got to look at the quality of jobs, and what have you. My experience of working in the East End, certainly on the local employment in construction, was that actually that was not their preference. And I think the trick is to get them into employment into things that they want to do. I do not know how much of your emphasis on this front is solely on construction. Whilst I see the possibilities, and many of us may do, it...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

One of the areas which you have not touched on in terms of environmental commitments is the waterways, I mean the backbone of the Olympic site has both the River Lea and canals. I just want to be clear what your commitments are there, how much progress you have made and what we can expect in the near future, in terms of check-off points.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

From what I understand of it, the environmental strategies are all pretty good stuff, and I am generally happy to support them and sign-up to them, but I am getting complaints from local residents that on the ground where works are already taking place, for example, test works or earth moving works, or works along the canal network, that the customer practice that has been developed by contractors does not seem to be consistent with those strategies; Roadways have been closed unnecessarily, trees which are mature, which would appear to have a life beyond the Olympics, have been torn down...

• Reference: 2007/0013-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

What are you doing to ensure the economic boost brought to the host boroughs and the rest of London will be sustained beyond 2012?

• 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: 2004/0075-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Will TfL work with the boroughs and follow the advice of the Department for Transport to define and establish a 'road hierarchy' so that the character of each road can be developed to best suit the functions it has to fulfill - providing safer walking and cycling routes, and keeping cars from 'rat-running'? .

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Just going on a bit from what Jenny (Jones) was talking about. I just wanted to say that if we were to issue gold stars from the Environment Committee and maybe it should be green stars, then LFEPA does get a bit more in terms of delivering through responding to the environment agenda but also being able to quantify and put very clear markers down where you think you have the gold stars and where you think you know where you are in the process. I wanted to say that there is clear engagement on the environmental agenda, which is...