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  • Fireworks

    • Reference: 2003/0032
    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 29 January 2003
    Should fireworks be banned? .

  • Preparing Against Terrorism

    • Reference: 2003/0010
    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 29 January 2003
    Over a year after the September 11th incident in NY, what changes has the fire service gone through to prepare for a similar terrorist incident in London? .

  • Community Fire Safety Initiatives in Brent

    • Reference: 2003/0015
    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 29 January 2003
    What Community Fire Safety initiatives are happening in Brent? .

  • Community Fire Safety Initiatives in Harrow

    • Reference: 2003/0016
    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 29 January 2003
    What Community Fire Safety initiatives are happening in Harrow? .

  • Fireworks (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 29 January 2003
    I know that there a number of community festivals, where fireworks are part of the festival. What dialogue has there been with different community groups about these fireworks in those festivals, and need for those events to be properly organised and managed?

  • Questions to Simon Fletcher, Chief of Staff to the Mayor (Supplementary) [30]

    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 12 June 2002
    Thank you, Simon. As I understand it, your role falls into three parts. Within the Mayor's office you act as essentially the Mayor's procurer of information and advice, making sure that it's timely and so on. Is that just within the Mayor's office, or is that more generally? Is that throughout the structure of the Authority?

  • Questions to Simon Fletcher, Chief of Staff to the Mayor (Supplementary) [31]

    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 12 June 2002
    Right, so that's that aspect of your work. Is the process then that 24 hours before a meeting you would then see the sum total of the advice and decide whether the Mayor's advisor has done the job properly and there is sufficient advice for the Mayor?

  • Questions to Simon Fletcher, Chief of Staff to the Mayor (Supplementary) [32]

    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 12 June 2002
    So that's a process you engage in, deciding whether the advice is sufficient?

  • Questions to Simon Fletcher, Chief of Staff to the Mayor (Supplementary) [33]

    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 12 June 2002
    And how often is the Mayor flying without lights, in the sense of taking part in meetings without the benefit of filtered advice?

  • Questions to Simon Fletcher, Chief of Staff to the Mayor (Supplementary) [34]

    • Question by: Toby Harris
    • Meeting date: 12 June 2002
    Okay, can I move on to the second area of your work, which is the sort of surrogate brain for the Mayor? As I understand it, you interpret what are likely to be his views and enforce decisions or make decisions on his behalf. Does that mean that you sign decision forms, or you pass him decision forms saying this is one you've signed, or both?