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• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Gareth Bacon AM: Thank you, Mr Chairman. There has been a lot of good progress on the Stadium in the last year or so, and the baseball, by the way, I thought was absolutely phenomenal. I have said that to you privately; I will say it now publicly. I thought it was a tremendous innovation, and I look forward to going again next year. Moving away from the Stadium, I want to pick up some of the points that Assembly Member Shah has just been talking about, about the Cultural Quarter. I am going from memory, not from my briefing...

• Reference: 2019/17037
• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

What do you see as the key challenges for the LLDC over the coming years?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Gareth Bacon AM: I do not know who would be best to answer this. It is just a quick sally into finances. We are going to have a deeper dive on this next week when you are in front of the Budget and Performance Committee, but what is the most recent revenue forecast outturn for 2018/19? This was reported in August [2018] but, according to the London Fire Brigade papers, at the end of June the financial position was an underspend of £7.3 million, which is roughly 1.8% of your budget. Is that still the position or has that moved...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Gareth Bacon AM: This is to the Commissioner, Mr Brown. What are the financial implications of this?

• 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...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 02 November 2017

Gareth Bacon AM: Thank you, Chair. I will start by echoing something you said earlier on, David, and it was echoed by Sir Peter. As a regeneration project, it has to be acknowledged that it is successful. Compared to any other Olympic city in the past, what has happened in London is transformationally better than anywhere else. That said, of course, there are some caveats to that and the biggest running sore is the Stadium. I am going to go back over a couple of the points that have been covered by other Members, just to try to get more...

• 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?

• 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?

• Reference: 2016/2841
• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 07 September 2016

Why were proposals to recruit an interim Commissioner put to the recent meeting of LFEPA's Appointments & Urgency Committee, instead of a proposal to extend the present Commissioner's contract whilst also recruiting a permanent successor?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 06 July 2016

Gareth Bacon AM: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I have questions to the Commissioner initially. The subject of the water cannon has aroused huge amounts of excited comment in the last couple of years; I know you are very familiar with that. I do not have particular feelings one way or the other, but I am interested in how decisions are made. Is it true, Commissioner, that it was the MPS that made the case for a water cannon to be purchased for London and the previous Mayor acceded to that request?