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• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

So what you're saying is that actually the implementation of Bain would possibly help towards sorting out the situation and membership of the FBU?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Londoners will find it very difficult to understand that you're not actually aiding and abetting the strike by allowing this stuff to be festooning these fire stations, public buildings all over London for more than a month. You have just told us that you want to get it down as soon as possible. The truth of the matter is, isn't it, that you have completely failed. Management at LFEPA level has been a complete disaster and Londoners are being totally let down by you so far as this is concerned.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

In what areas do you anticipate that there will be more joint working with the other emergency services as a result of the Bain Review of the fire service?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

I would depart from your view on that. Too many people believe that London is central London, and almost inner London. A number of us here represent outer London, where joint working is almost crucial. And I can think of the northern part of my own constituency in Ruislip Northwood, where we have no ambulance station, and we are dependent on ambulances trawling around the street, shall we say, and yet we have a fire station, which is two-thirds empty, with all of the support mechanisms that they need, yet they will not allow the Ambulance Service to use it...

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Heathrow is a little different to the rest of London.

• Reference: 2001/0214-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What are her views on the speech made by Dr Alan Whitehead at the CACFOA Conference on 6 September 2001 and does she think what he said will assist with modernising the fire service? .

• Reference: 2001/0215-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Is the Chair of LFEPA committed to tackling the problem of out dated working practices in the fire service? .

• Reference: 2001/0229-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Given the recent opening of the Romford Brewery site and the extra people that this will draw to the Romford area, will you be reconsidering your refusal not to re-instate the second fire appliance in neighbouring Hornchurch? .

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Wouldn't you agree that this was a speech which could have been made to practically any group of local government officers? It said practically nothing really directly related to the fire service. In fact it was full of completely barmy New-Labourish phrases like, "Local government is a freestanding and important tier of government. We want to strengthen it not emasculate it" and, "Incentivising and empowering local government to lead their communities". Not really a lot to do with fire at all. And then he says, when he does actually mention the fire service, he says he's not interested in "radical...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

I'm pleased to hear that, Val. I think everyone would support that. I just wonder how you will be encouraging the Fire Brigade Union to support the root and branch change and the programme that you have outlined. To use the words of the Minister as far as the Fire Brigade Union is concerned - he talks about local government, he wants to strengthen it and not emasculate it. Have you got any plans for emasculating the Fire Brigade Union?