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• Reference: 2009/0126-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Will the withdrawal of Transport for London funds for police enforcement and education work on road safety lead to an increase in casualties?

• Reference: 2009/0127-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

With the proposed closure of the Commercial Vehicle Education Unit, will current levels of enforcement continue, i.e. will there be specialised officers carrying our roadside checks on at least 3,000 vehicles a year, detecting legal infringements to date in around 80% of them?

• Reference: 2009/0128-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Will the Freight Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) partnership, which has indicated that it will take over the administrative and education work of the CVEU have either the expertise or legal powers to carry out enforcement duties, previously done by the specialised Metropolitan Police officers?

• Reference: 2009/0129-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Are there plans for the Traffic OCU to be given extra resources to take over the enforcement element of the CVEU's work?

• Reference: 2009/0130-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Will the FORS partnership ensure that all transport operators with a vehicle involved in a fatality or serious injury receive a visit by a specialised member of staff who can assess the company's vehicles, practices and training? If not, will the Traffic OCU take over this task?

• Reference: 2009/0131-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

How much did the MPS pay out in compensation claims and associated legal expenses in each of the last five financial years?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Apart from areas where you have got terms and conditions that you cannot change, are you expecting every single part of the Metropolitan Police Service to make 5% to 10% cuts? Are there any areas where there will not be cuts?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

You can see from the questions that you have been asked today this is clearly a hot topic for us, and also, as politicians, we are very concerned about the issue of openness and the public knowing. So far this aspect has not been in the annual report, that is other information that I have. Is that not true? This is something you bring in to the annual report or is it simply that it is the first time you have had it so it has not happened yet?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

Judging from your answers, some of the information I have here that I was going to ask you about is completely erroneous, and I am going to be delighted if you tell me I am completely wrong. I would like to follow on from my colleague Mike's [Tuffrey] excellent line of questioning on openness. The feeling is generally that there is not as much openness from you as there are from other companies who have got the same sort of ethical and socially responsible stance. Can I clarify; you commented on the voting record, however my understanding is that although...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

It does leave the question hanging in the air; what on earth is the point of having any sort of strategy or corporate social responsibility and ethical policy if you are not going to implement it by choosing between companies? Let me go back to your answer about the arms trade and tobacco. You say at the moment you are not big investors in them. It is my question you are probably answering later. In that case, why not take a principled stance and stop investing. There must be thousands upon thousands of people who are pension holders who would...