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• Reference: 2015/1482
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Recent anti-democratic protests in central London resulted in four police officers and a member of police staff being injured, and a war memorial being vandalized. Research has shown that the use of body-worn video cameras often calms difficult situations and provides valuable evidence. Would you therefore support calls for all Metropolitan police officers engaged in public order policing to be issued with body-worn video cameras?

• Reference: 2015/1477
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Following an outage on the Emergency Service Network for 40 minutes in April, what steps have been taken by the Metropolitan Police Service to ensure that the network remains operational at all times?

• Reference: 2015/1478
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Police forces around the world, such as in Australia, regularly make use of computerised tomography (CT) scanners as part of forensic pathology investigations. Has the Metropolitan Police Service used CT scanners as part of any investigations, and what provisions are in place for them to use such a service should they require it?

• Reference: 2015/1479
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

The College of Policing is examining what services officers might pay for should it decide to offer anything above and beyond its current free basic membership. Have any Metropolitan Police Service officers been involved in these discussions, and what services do you feel it would be valuable for the College of Policing to offer?

• Reference: 2015/1480
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

BT has recently asked the 999 Liaison Committee for advice on how the protocol for handling silent calls to the emergency services could be improved. What provisions do the Metropolitan Police Service have in place for handling such calls, and do you believe there are ways in which the system can be improved?

• Reference: 2015/1481
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

The reliability of the Heckler and Koch G36 assault rifle used by London's counter-terrorism police officers has been questioned after Germany's Defence Ministry claimed that the rifle "did not fulfill" requirements as in high temperatures it sometimes fires wide. What steps are the Metropolitan Police Service and you taking to ensure that the range of weapons used by London's police officers are fit for purpose and entirely reliable?

• Reference: 2015/1483
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

There have been wide reports of individuals financially backing terrorist organisations. What support has been made available to the Metropolitan Police Service to enable them to tackle the threat of cyber-related terrorism?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. I was pleased to hear you refer to Abellio Greater Anglia services, which my constituents in Havering and Redbridge have to use to get home from Liverpool Street every evening. The service has been deteriorating quite badly for the last couple of years and this is largely down to poor standard of rolling stock, which is getting old, and poor maintenance. Will you urge MTR, which is now operating the route, to introduce the new rolling stock that is going to be available from Crossrail really as soon as possible so that they can...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. Are you aware, Mr Mayor, that the Labour Party has published a shortlist of people whom it wants to consider to stand to be Mayor of London next year? Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): Gosh. Roger Evans AM: That list includes David Lammy, who is the MP for Tottenham, Sadiq Khan, who is the MP for Tooting, and Diane Abbott, who is the MP for Hackney. If any of those people were to become Mayor next year, they would still have four years of their jobs in Parliament to run and so in...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 May 2015

Roger Evans AM: Thank you, Chair. I, a couple of weeks ago, had a meeting with black cab drivers from Romford who came to City Hall to tell me about their personal experiences, and I ended up giving them a couple of hours because it was an absolutely shattering story, and it is absolutely terrible to see people who are seeing their livelihoods disappear in front of them feel powerless to be able to do anything about it. Next week I am going to go out with them to see enforcement taking place in the West End, such as it...