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• Reference: 2003/0346
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

On how many occasions have the fire boats been deployed operationally in the last 12 months .

• Reference: 2003/0347
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

What lessons did London's Fire Brigade learn from the Bank tube station? .

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

One statistic that your people did not find relating to the question that I asked was how many of the fires that they were called to did they put out?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

I am grateful to you for that very full answer. It does not convince me that this service is worth the £1.6 million that it costs. If I may draw your attention to a couple of things, are you aware that during the past year additional RNLI Lifeboat Stations have been opened in the upper Thames? I have two in my constituency for example. They have been called out to a fair number of those things you described as `other incidents' like persons in the river. Do you not think that there may now be an opportunity for suggesting that...

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

I wonder if you could tell me on how many of those occasions the boats were called out to fires? On how many occasions was there a fire they had to put out and perhaps you could also give me some idea of the other kinds of things the fireboats were called upon to do?

• Reference: 2003/0039
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Why have you allowed the Fire Brigades Union to display banners and other propaganda at London fire stations and on fire appliances and do you not agree that this shows a lack of strong management of London Fire Brigade? .

• Reference: 2003/0044
• 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? .

• Reference: 2003/0042
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

In order that LFEPA recruits staff with strong potential for future managerial roles do you believe there should be a two-tier entry system for firefighters? .

• Reference: 2003/0048
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Given that as of 30 November 2002, 261 London firefighters could retire with one week's notice and if they exercised this right the outflow would be £20m, what pressure are you putting on Government to resolve the pensions crisis in the fire service? .

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

You don't think yesterday they were actually sabre rattling and that the Government, perhaps within the month, will have to take positive action to resolve the strike unilaterally?