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• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

Mr Chairman, Commissioner, I wanted to also thank and congratulate you for your sterling work over the last few weeks alongside the officers of the MPS. It was a fantastic joint operation dealing with very difficult circumstances. I know and was pleased that you mentioned that the coordination between the two services was exceptional and saved a lot of lives as a result. I also wanted to offer my congratulations for, frankly, another magnificent year of performance both in terms of output and budget. You seem to be achieving year-on-year, that magic equation of doing better for less, consistently. I...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

): Can I just begin by thanking, through you Chair, the entire staff of LFEPA for their outstanding professionalism during the riots? I wanted to talk to you about the future of the emergency control mobilising centre, the 999 call centre. I have it on good account that the staff of that centre performed magnificently during the riots. In fact, an entire shift stayed on as volunteers to double up the normal capacity. I hope you would not disagree with me if I said it is fair to say that is the most efficient and effective 999 fire control centre...

• Reference: 2010/0102-1
• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 08 September 2010

Over the last two years London's Fire Service has significantly improved performance. What measures will you take to ensure that performance levels remain high in the face of financial uncertainty?

• Reference: 2009/0177-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Do you agree with me that there is strong case for completely banning the sale of fireworks to the public

• Reference: 2009/0173-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

Does the Mayor give you 100% support as Chair of the Fire Authority?

• Reference: 2009/0175-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

What is LFEPA doing to ensure the safety of residents in tower blocks in London?

• Reference: 2009/0176-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

What was the total Members' allowances collected by Conservative Members of the Authority last year and what is the total for 2009/10 expected to be?

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 11 November 2009

I wanted to welcome and congratulate you for your new approach to public consultation. As somebody who, on the other side of the fence as a councillor, was completely taken by surprise during the closure of the Manchester Street and Manchester Square Fire Station, by the then Labour controlled Authority, it comes pretty ill to hear them now complaining about your very open and transparent approach towards your future plans. So I welcome that. I wanted to ask you, in terms of priorities, about the Olympics and what work you will be doing around cost and finance as you approach...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Can I just begin by declaring hospitality? I attended the awards lunch at Lords [LFEPA staff achievement awards] and I enjoyed it and I sat next to the Counter-Terrorism Joint Liaison team between the Metropolitan Police Service and the Fire Brigade, who won an award, deservedly, for their work at Operation Tiger Tiger. However, subsequently one of those posts was proposed for cuts, within this package of cuts which our colleague has been proposing. I will have to say I would much rather have kept the post than have the lunch - nice lunch that it was. Can I just...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Do you accept in any way, Chairman, that your confrontational approach to the budget-setting this year has led to unnecessary anxieties amongst staff within the brigade.