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  • Challenges and opportunities for policing in 2018 (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2017
    Gareth Bacon AM: Thank you, Chairman. This is a question for the Commissioner. Commissioner, I believe this is your first appearance in front of the Assembly Plenary - I know you have been in front of the Police and Crime Committee (PCC) - and so welcome. Cressida Dick CBE QPM (Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis): Thank you. Gareth Bacon AM: One of the challenges for the MPS, not just in 2018 but in every year, is maintaining the reputation of the MPS. Sadly, there will be a number of people who will attack the MPS for a range of...
  • The future of the Metropolitan Police Service (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 06 July 2017
    Gareth Bacon AM: I want to talk to you about police front counters. We have talked about this to a degree before, but I am interested really in facts. There are 73 at the moment. All things being equal and accepting the £400 million of savings, if that stays on the table, how many front counters are you going to need to close?
  • The future of the Metropolitan Police Service (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 06 July 2017
    Susan Hall AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, a few days after you were elected, you said in an interview, “Every time a young person carries a knife, it is a sign of failure”, and since you have been Mayor the figures have gone up incredibly. Therefore, would you accept that you have failed?
  • Report of the Mayor (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 28 January 2015
    Gareth Bacon AM: Yes, thank you very much, Chairman. Mr Mayor, in your opening remarks you talked about housing delivery being vital and also various programmes designed to attract more small builders into the market. The Conservatives agree with you, I am sure you are relieved to know. Your administration has also indicated a desire to make better use of public land. With that in mind, I am sure you are familiar with the excellent report that my colleague Steve O’Connell wrote and sent to you some time ago, which is about the creation of a self‑build fund and this...