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• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 20 December 2012

There are the Leveson recommendations and then there are things that the police can do over and above Leveson themselves. If we go to the heart of the issues of investigating the rich and powerful, the checks and balances on judgement calls. From the original investigation of limiting to the few - not going in and looking at the wider evidence but it sits there in a room or whatever - to other issues of when you do the recall are the checks and balances internally and judgement calls about investigating issues. Is there something more that the police can...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 20 December 2012

Can we look at the MOPAC role now? My question is directly to Stephen. There are two questions and thank you. I think you have provided the Committee with some correspondence from the previous questions around this issue. Can you just explain to us how the MOPAC plans to oversee the Metropolitan Police Service implementation of the Leveson recommendations will work? I understand there was an Audit Committee yesterday. Can you also then demonstrate how yours and the Mayor's relationships with the press will be transparent? That was an item that I think you alluded to in the correspondence that...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 20 December 2012

I just want to clarify a bit on that transparency process, and it goes a bit back to some earlier answers you gave on the future of community safety funding plus the DIP money. OK, not all of it, but some of it is MOPAC's money and I think in your desire for joint commissioning, is it joint decision-making or is the ultimate decision going to be with MOPAC or with the London Crime Reduction Board? What is the line of accountability? Is it ultimately advisory to you, you sign it off, or are you going to share that decision...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 20 December 2012

Can we move away from the preplanned operations and some of the specialist operations, and talk to what is available in boroughs in terms of response? Just to get to the bottom of two cars, four officers being added and TSG group already in existence, could you just explain to me, would they only be available to certain boroughs in terms of tasking? Do they get round to all boroughs? They do not stay in one particular borough. I presume on top of that there are existing roving armed response vehicles that are Taser-led, so they could respond to a...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 29 November 2012

Of course, Lord Justice Leveson will be commenting about the policing relationships with the media and he will also be commenting about politicians' relationships with the media. Can we ask, Chair, both for yourself and the Mayor about the transparency of relationships, about meeting with the press? Of course, it is much more difficult for the Mayor but, clearly, if the police are going to be undertaking some duties, what is MOPAC doing? We are meant to be overseeing you in terms of those relationships. Can you come back to this Committee if it is appropriate about how you plan...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 29 November 2012

I have three quick points. Can we go back to earlier on about the labelling and the various boxes? Let us not deal with the 6,000-odd officers that you are looking at and analysing some of the issues that you said we wanted to be careful about taking decisions in relation to those. Let us concentrate on the 2,000 officers which presumably are the ones that you are going to be implementing for April 2013. I presume both of you want an honest debate with Londoners about the provision of policing. I cannot quite see Stephen's nod but I take...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 29 November 2012

My point relates to the Local Policing Model and goes back to Safer Neighbourhood Teams, or should I say Area Teams for discussion. Really, on the rationale of amalgamating ward-based Safer Neighbourhood Teams, in the Crime and Policing Plan it will be the broad thrust of it, what consultation is going to take place at local level about deciding -- I think earlier you, Deputy Mayor, said, 'There might well be a single one in a town centre depending on crime levels', I am not sure if it was the Commissioner or you, 'or it might be a number coming...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 27 September 2012

Is one of the problems that you face the quickness and the speed of some decisions? I understand some of the options being discussed now were options that were discussed and, in my understanding, were put out for disposal, Woolwich Police Station, Thamesmead, on the basis that a new patrol base was found. It was on a proviso that counter services could be found in other locations. That was back in 2005 that decision, 2006. It was then stopped when Boris Johnson took over the Mayoralty because it was obviously in the list of others around that. Do you not...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 27 September 2012

I cannot think of a service of the police that is really - for all the changes, and things have changed from bad days in the past - but things have not really got better in terms of confidence in policing for a major section of society. Women cannot have much confidence with the different things going on. I think you alluded to the issue of the cultural changes, the supervision changes, we have done structural changes. Is it time now, with everything going on, to step back and think, 'Actually, let us rethink this completely'? We know that some...