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• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 01 December 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. I want to speak a little bit more about the issue of fraud, building on Assembly Member Garratt’s line of questioning. I was absolutely shocked to see that fraud constitutes 41% of all crime committed in the UK and costs the UK £137 billion each year. Commissioner, I just wanted to ask if there is anything you wanted to expand on in terms of how confident you feel in the MPS’s ability to get a handle on tackling fraud. Then I will move on to yourself, Mr Mayor, to ask what we are doing...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: It has been really fantastic to hear your answers to the questions that have come before, Deputy Mayor and Commissioner. Anyone who has done their homework knows that Sadiq [Khan, Mayor of London] has been a fierce advocate for improving building safety in London, pushing developers in the right direction on this particular point. Commissioner, you said in your earlier comments that we need to see integrity, not profit, as a driver for the way that developers integrate building safety in their plans. You are absolutely spot on and that is exactly what the London Plan pushes...

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 10 February 2022

Sakina Sheikh AM: Good morning, Fiona and Andy, it is great to have you join us. It is so important that you have both already mentioned the Grenfell tragedy, a nightmare for many, but a reality for the residents who are still waiting for justice. It is a pertinent conversation to frame the rest of the discussion today about building safety. I wanted to start off by asking you, Fiona, specifically, what fire safety measures have been introduced into the planning system and how are they improving safety for Londoners?