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• Reference: 2006/0379-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

What are the implications for the Metropolitan Police of the current shortage of prison cells?

• Reference: 2006/0380-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Do you believe the route of the Notting Hill Carnival should be changed, against the advice of the organisers and the affected boroughs?

• Reference: 2006/0381-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

What was the cost to the MPS of the recent Share the Road campaign?

• Reference: 2006/0383-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

One London is concerned that the growth in the numbers of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) could at some point mask moves to reduce numbers of actual police officers. Can the Commissioner give his assurances that he will oppose any move to reduce officer numbers?

• Reference: 2006/0384-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

With the issues of policing for Heathrow and City Airport, and the concerns about the deal with the British Airports Authority (BAA) on costs, could the Commissioner kindly update us on what is happening and where the negotiations are? Is there any truth in press rumours that BAA have failed to respond or to attend meetings about the issue? Are you confident that the MPS/MPA have always negotiated the best arrangement with BAA?

• Reference: 2006/0385-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

How much money from the MPS budget is used on matters which are not strictly London-related? Ie. national issues related to security, the provision of personnel to guard international summits which may be in other police areas etc? And are these clearly identified in the MPS budget?

• Reference: 2006/0386-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Does the Commissioner have a budget plan from now to 2012 for the costs to the MPS of its involvement in the 2012 Olympics? When was this drawn up and how much is the involvement estimated to be likely to cost?

• Reference: 2006/0387-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Safety campaigners claim that thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers legally allowed to drive on our roads would be incapable of passing a British driving test, and that in many countries - including those in the EU - corruption means that valid driving licences can be bought without passing any test. From next year two new countries, Bulgaria and Roumania, join the EU and these are alleged to be among the most corrupt in this regard. Given the degree to which motoring is the area which does possibly most to damage the relationship between the police and public, what comfort...

• Reference: 2006/0388-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

How are you addressing the inconsistencies in the way Safer Neighbourhood Panels are operating across boroughs and London?

• Reference: 2006/0283-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Informal contact with the police, residents and my own experience tells me that there is far more deliberate violence being perpetrated using fireworks this year. I hear that rockets are frequently being fired out of scaffolding tubes like mortars. Has the time come to seek a total ban on the sale of fireworks to the public? What information can you provide?