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• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

The Government recently proposed that the children of failed asylum seekers should be taken into care. What impact upon race and community relations do you think it would have to see Met officers assisting social workers in the Child Protection Agency as they forcibly remove these children from their parents? No doubt the parents would not surrender them willingly?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

If an officer found the proposal morally repugnant, as indeed I do, and he refused the order to assist in the snatching of children from their parents, would he be subject to a disciplinary process?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

• Reference: 2003/0347
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

What lessons did London's Fire Brigade learn from the Bank tube station? .

• Reference: 2003/0044
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

In what areas do you anticipate that there will be more joint working with the other emergency services as a result of the Bain Review of the fire service? .

• Reference: 2003/0048
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Given that as of 30 November 2002, 261 London firefighters could retire with one week's notice and if they exercised this right the outflow would be £20m, what pressure are you putting on Government to resolve the pensions crisis in the fire service? .

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

You don't think yesterday they were actually sabre rattling and that the Government, perhaps within the month, will have to take positive action to resolve the strike unilaterally?