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• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Bob Neill (AM): I am sure that is right. It is a shame that GOL are not here so that we could have heard it be said. Brian Coleman (Chair): Indeed, we wish Mr Kowalczyk was here, so we could pay tribute to him this morning, but unfortunately he is not. I am sure, however, his spies are in the audience somewhere. Can I just ask, Mr Mayer, are you saying we need, in your professional opinion as an officer ' or 'mere bureaucrat,' as you describe yourself ' that we need an office of emergency planning in London?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

An important part of what we want to try to achieve is to reassure Londoners that proper procedures are in place. What reassurance is there? What can I say to my constituency as to who is in charge at the moment for planning a) for resilience, b) for recovery? Secondly, who is providing the money for those, and where is it going?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Is that the answer to all the questions? The whole lot? At the moment, we have a scenario where the boroughs have some emergency planning, civil defence, old-fashioned-type powers. LFEPA has some powers. The other emergency services have a smattering of powers. Are you satisfied, Mr Mayer, that we have an accountable form of joining those together, or do we have a reassurance gap, as far as London is concerned? It may be being done by Nick Raynsford, but how do we assure Londoners that it is being'?

• Reference: 2003/0412
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

In the most recent figures available for the Operational Policing Measure (July 2002) Bromley had the highest Borough total in the MPS with some 46% of police officers time being spent in a visible policing role - why is Bromley's figure so high when the MPS average is so low? .

• Reference: 2003/0409
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Following a recent incident on a 321 bus, where CCTV was vital to the investigation, what discussions have you had with TfL for the extension of CCTV to all outer London Buses? .

• Reference: 2003/0410
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Can you please explain why Bexley had 19 fewer officers at the end of October 2003 than the RAF target suggests? .

• Reference: 2003/0411
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Given that Bromley is the largest London Borough in terms of geography and population, should not these factors be of greater prominence in the Resource Allocation Formula to ensure that Bromley gets a fairer share of police officers than it currently receives? .

• Reference: 2003/0413
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

A cursory analysis of the crime statistics suggests that there may be some level of crime displacement to Bexley and Bromley, from neighbouring boroughs, has any research been undertaken by the MPS on this issue? .

• Reference: 2003/0414
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Can you give an assurance that the Operational Policing Measure will not become a factor in the RAF which would punish those Boroughs, such as Bromley, who have higher officer visibility levels? .

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Is it not the reality that no amount of bluster, Lord Harris, can disguise the fact that this `disappointing" outcome, in the Commissioner"s words, to the negotiations represents a significant political failure by yourself as Chair of the Police Authority? Should that not lead you to consider firstly whether or not your position as a Labour Member of the House of Lords inhibits your ability to fight uninhibitedly for London's policing needs? Secondly, should you not also reconsider whether or not the professional judgement of the Commissioner might not have been better served if the lobbying was led by a...