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• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Len Duvall AM: If I can just go back over some of the issues, if we set aside some of the challenges in terms of service delivery that you have, we know we have the Government thing and the feds do not really understand us and never really supported some of our services. It does not matter, regardless of political persuasion, there is always that tension. We now have regional politicians and the likes of the Mayor [of London] and Fiona Twycross giving the resources that they can provide to you in terms of the service. In that sense, you...

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

The LFB is currently using its reserves in terms of balancing its budgets. That cannot be a good thing and I know it is not for the long term and why you have to do it, but you have to do it -. Does it not put additional pressures on you and your transformational process and work to deliver the better services that Londoners need?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

In terms of the challenges faced by the LFB in the future, severe weather is having an impact, and in terms of flooding in particular, does the LFB have the equipment it needs and the right level of resource to respond to flooding in London now and in the future?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Len Duvall AM: This will be a humdinger, then. Mr Mayor, 2000 and 2008 there was a 34% increase in bus kilometres. You, under your watch, for a period of 2008 to 2016 can barely make less than 4.5% in bus kilometres. Why have you not expanded the bus fleet despite the growth in London’s population of 11.24% over the same period?