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• Reference: 2007/0108-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

How do you intend to fulfill the promise of a bonfire of bureaucracy?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you for that. I think a lot of it is also about public perception but also what other people say. I heard on the Today programme once Glen Smythe who is the Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation saying, `The level of crime reported is far below that which really happens and the whole process is underplayed for political reasons'. I am link member on the MPA for Kensington and Chelsea and the Chair of the Police and Community Consultative Group (PCCG) there is constantly concerned with regard to, say, carnival that the level of reporting of crime is...

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Would you, Commissioner, please comment on the misuse of statistics yesterday by the Mayor who said of the police force in Kingston that they were 14 times more likely to stop black people than white people, and that black people in Richmond were 13 times more likely to be stopped than white people? Would you explain how this has occurred and make it crystal clear that there is absolutely no question that the police in both of these fine Boroughs are doing anything which could conceivably be said to be discriminatory?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Would you support completely independent statistics in future?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Let me tell you about some others. Are you aware, for example, that there were 34 trips to Paris by flying? You could walk from New Scotland Yard to Waterloo and get on the train. There were also 21 trips to Brussels. It seems to me that there is this presumption that air travel is more exciting, more fun, and it seems to me that the Metropolitan Police Service is not taking the Mayor's instruction seriously. Mind you, the Mayor is probably not taking it seriously either! He said, `The functional bodies have been asked to review their policies on...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

I want you to say you are going to do something about it.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

I want you to say you are going to do something about it.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you for that. I would just like to say offsetting is just a way of calming your conscience and not a really effective way of combating climate change. You talked about the short flights. Last year there were 120 flights to Manchester. Now, the journey to Manchester is actually just something over two hours and I can assure you you can work on the train, even in second class. Then there were 32 trips to Liverpool. These places are actually easily got to by train and I would just like to ask you if you will commit now to...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Picking up on Valerie's (Shawcross) point, I certainly agree a borough- by-borough list would be extremely useful. In terms of the Ward panels it does seem to be extremely patchy, even within boroughs, from one Ward to the next. Whilst I agree a one size fits all approach of engagement is not going to be right across London, there do need to be some sort of minimum standards in terms of engagement and democratic structures and input from local councillors and so on, that does not seem to be happening. So will you be working with the boroughs to actually...

• Reference: 2006/0255-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

How will the MPS encourage staff to use rail as an alternative to short-haul flights?