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  • Camden and Islington BCU merger review

    • Reference: 2017/5305
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2017
    The Camden Safer Neighbourhood Board has been told on a number of occasions that it will be part of the Camden and Islington BCU merger review. They have yet to hear how or when they will be involved. When will this occur?
  • Government's continued underfunding of the NICC grant

    • Reference: 2017/5306
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2017
    How many officers are dedicated to security in a) Parliament and b) at Government ministries; and due to the Government's continued underfunding of the NICC grant , is it time to review this number and for Parliament and Government to look at cheaper options funded by themselves, such as replacing police officers with civilian security officers, so that Londoners can have the benefit of more police officers being redeployed to the boroughs instead of static duties guarding those premises for which the Met is not properly reimbursed?
  • lack of integration and extremist murder plots

    • Reference: 2017/5307
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2017
    Asst Commissioner Mark Rowley is reported as having said that in the fight against extremist murder plots a lack of integration was a factor driving some suspects who wanted to stage attacks; and Louise Casey, former government adviser, has also said social isolation was driving rising Islamist and far-right terrorism. Do you agree, and if so what is being done about it?
  • policing Premiership football clubs

    • Reference: 2017/5308
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2017
    Are you making any progress over the need for Premiership football clubs to fund the cost to the Met of policing their matches?
  • Challenges and opportunities for policing in 2018

    • Reference: 2017/5304
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2017
    What do you see as the major challenges and opportunities for policing in 2018?
  • Europol

    • Reference: 2017/5156
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    EU negotiator M. Barnier, in his recent Berlin speech on 29th November, said : "…Defence and Security Union will have to be developed without the British, since on 30 March 2019 the United Kingdom will, as is its wish, become a third country when it comes to defence and security issues...The UK …..will no longer be a member of …. Europol … Everything I have just said is the logical consequence of the sovereign choice made by the British." What does this mean for security for Londoners, against organised crime and terrorism?
  • Police Budget

    • Reference: 2017/5145
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    Following the failure of the Chancellor to mention policing in England and Wales in his budget last month, you have been forced to drop your strategic target of 32,000 officers. What does this mean for the safety of Londoners?
  • Response to Grenfell Tower fire

    • Reference: 2017/5216
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    I welcome your support for the campaign calling for sprinklers to be fitted in all new social housing tower blocks in the lead up to today's anniversary of the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower six months ago. How will your draft London Plan reassure Londoners living in tower blocks that they will have the 'highest standards' of fire safety and will be as safe and protected as possible?
  • Poverty in London

    • Reference: 2017/5227
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    The festive period can be particularly difficult for those living in poverty. What are you doing to mitigate the impact of Government welfare policies on Londoners?
  • Topic: Knife crime

    • Reference: 2017/5064
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2017
    I congratulate the Mayor on the 'London Needs you Alive' Campaign. However, the figures of murdered teenagers in London are already double last year. The victims and perpetrators are overwhelming from BAME backgrounds. How is the Mayor specifically targeting this over represented group?