• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Mr Mayor, you quite rightly mentioned your concerns about public safety and in what I am saying I have no wish to appear complacent in any way, but will you join me in congratulating the Hackney Gangs Taskforce on its success in reducing knife offences by 46%? They did this by targeting over a nine-month period. Two notorious gangs that had been identified with some of the most horrendous crimes, including murder. I was so heartened by what Detective Sergeant [Matt] Webb said - and on an occasion like this, we do have to identify a leader amongst our police...

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

In your update you omitted to mention your visit to Newbury Park.

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

On the same theme, Mr Mayor, with less than five months to go until the date the UK is due to leave the EU, is it fair - according to [The Rt Hon] Caroline Nokes MP, the Immigration Minister, at the Home Affairs Select Committee last month - that the Government is expecting London’s businesses to check whether EU citizens have a right to work in the event of a no-deal Brexit without giving them details of how this will work, especially bearing in mind that Ms Nokes herself did not know how it was going to work either?

• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

My question is on the EU negotiations. I probably need to declare an interest in my question because I am married to a European Economic Area (EEA) citizen. How confident are you that the rights of EEA and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) citizens in London and those of EU citizens will be safeguarded following Brexit?

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Andrew Dismore AM: Commissioner, I just want to ask you a couple of questions about some of the recent written evidence to the Grenfell [Tower fire] inquiry. Assistant Commissioner [Richard] Mills talked about the impact on people taking off time with stress, which is something in fact you mentioned at the beginning. With the Brigade being below establishment, how have you been able to maintain operational efficiency with so many people off? Has it meant a lot more overtime? That is one aspect. The other aspect I want an answer on - and I hope that this does not embarrass...

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Navin Shah AM: I have a quick couple of questions on cladding. Last week we had confirmation that the Government is banning combustible cladding on buildings over 80 metres, which you all very much welcomed. However, the London Fire Brigade in its consultation response said - and again we agree - that this was like treating the symptoms rather than the cure itself. What steps need to be taken towards the cure itself, Commissioner?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Gareth Bacon AM: I do not know who would be best to answer this. It is just a quick sally into finances. We are going to have a deeper dive on this next week when you are in front of the Budget and Performance Committee, but what is the most recent revenue forecast outturn for 2018/19? This was reported in August [2018] but, according to the London Fire Brigade papers, at the end of June the financial position was an underspend of £7.3 million, which is roughly 1.8% of your budget. Is that still the position or has that moved...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Leonie Cooper AM: I would like to talk about another aspect than fire of the Resilience and Emergency Planning brief and that relates to water. As you are undoubtedly aware, earlier on this year we were two weeks away from a hosepipe ban and, luckily for us, it started to rain. What are you doing to improve our water resilience?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Joanne McCartney AM: My question is initially for the Deputy Mayor, but, please, Commissioner add to that. It is about the London Resilience Forum. It exists to co-ordinate different organisations across London, but we know that austerity and Government cuts have really impacted on those organisations. What has the impact of austerity been on your partners’ ability to deliver what may be needed in the event of a major incident?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 06 December 2018

Unmesh Desai AM: Commissioner, you touched on aspects of safety such as electrical safety, but I want to ask you very specifically about safety visits to high-risk people and places, which have declined by some 6,000 since December 2015. Are you satisfied that the Brigade is doing all it can to help vulnerable people, such as residents in care homes, to stay safe?