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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

John Biggs AM: I should start by saying that although the Assembly is unanimous in taking the view that Heathrow presents all sorts of problems, we are not necessarily unanimous on the conclusions that flow from that. I am very interested in this issue of noise. There is a health warning here, which is that scientists can measure it but the individual experience of it seems to vary from person to person and from time of day to time of day as well, so we need to be very clear about that and how people find it offensive. In your...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

John Biggs AM: I am reminded in the context of Kit Malthouse’s last question that people often wonder why people live on the foothills of active volcanoes and it is because the soil is fantastically fertile. It does not necessarily answer the question as to why we should have people living next to airports but it is a relevant issue. My question is about the modal split and it follows from the first part of Caroline Pidgeon’s question about HS2. Do you take a position on the sort of modal split Heathrow Airport should have? Clearly one of the terms...

• Reference: 2014/1283
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

Recorded incidents of Wounding/GBH have increased in Tower Hamlets by 47% in the period 2012/2013 compared with the previous twelve months. Do you believe these increases are related to the fact that Tower Hamlets has seen a significant decline in police officers (21%) and PCOS (67%) since May 2010?

• Reference: 2014/1284
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

What contribution can Neighbourhood Policing make to reducing the incidence of wounding and GBH?

• Reference: 2014/1285
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

Recorded incidents of Theft from Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Interference & Tampering have increased in Tower Hamlets over the last twelve months by 9% and 14% respectively. Do you share my concern that this relates to the reduction in the number of police and police officers patrolling the streets?

• Reference: 2014/1286
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

When do you intend to fulfil your promise in your Policing Plan that Tower Hamlets will have 717 officers by 2015?

• Reference: 2014/1287
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

In May 2010 there were 818 Police Officers in Tower Hamlets and now there are 646. In your Policing Plan you promise a total of 717 Officers. Are you satisfied that this number is sufficient to meet the policing needs, considering the number of PCSOs has been significantly cut?

• Reference: 2014/1288
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

Statistics released towards the end of 2013 by the London Datastore showed that 81% of crimes in Newham remained unsolved in 2012/13. How then do you justify the cut of 50 police officer posts in the period May 2010 to December 2013?

• Reference: 2014/1289
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

Figures recorded for wounding/GBH in 2013 demonstrate a shocking increase of 46% during a period in which police and PCSO numbers have been cut. When do you plan to provide sufficient resources to reverse this worrying trend?

• Reference: 2014/1290
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 March 2014

In 2013 thefts from motor vehicles rose by 12% and recorded crimes for motor vehicle interference and tampering rose by 15%. Is it coincidence that these increases have taken place as the number of PSCOs has been reduced by half?