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  • Domestic Violence (Supplementary) [14]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    Obviously it appears that the one-stop shop approach is working. On 11 September last year the Government announced the launch of a 24-hour helpline with support from Comic Relief, for people to report domestic violence. Have the police or the Police Authority been involved with that initiative?
  • Racism and Sexism (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Samantha Heath
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    The other issue is whistle-blowing, when a junior officer perceives racism. How are procedures being put in place to ensure that whistle-blowing can happen?
  • Racism and Sexism (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Samantha Heath
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    I am pleased to hear that you are so rigorous. The issue highlighted by the figures is that the numbers of those leaving the police is actually higher in the black and minority ethnic sector. Nearly 9% of such people are leaving, as opposed to nearly 6% who are actually part of the police force. What do you think accounts for that? How do you hope you will be able to change that? Do you think it will be changed by next April?
  • Speeding (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    Roger Evans (AM): Do you think it is a good thing in principle?
  • Speeding (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    I think Londoners will be pleased to hear the reassurance from the Commissioner that speed cameras are there for public safety rather than to raise revenue. One of the more positive initiatives has been to paint speed cameras yellow so that they act as an aid to safety rather than as a money raiser. Will you undertake to do what you can to ensure that the Mayor's new mobile speed cameras are also painted yellow and highlighted so that they contribute to safety improvements in London and are not just seen as a way of raising money? ... mobile speed...