• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

That is half the answer, what about the other half?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

Did you persuade them to put the safety of Londoners first or did they persuade you to put their interests first?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

What was discussed at that meeting?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

But, in terms of safety, you would accept that the body whose advice should be listened to and taken is the Health and Safety Executive rather than the RMT or, probably you would say, the management as well in terms of safety? As to risk, we are all obviously at greater risk if there is a fire fighters' strike. Any of us who get into a car will be at greater risk, should we have an accident, and we have to make individual judgements, as you suggest the drivers will do, about whether we are prepared to take those risks...

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

Chair, I think it would be useful if the Mayor would also condemn any possible intimidation.

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

The Chair of LFEPA has not answered the issue about intimidation and arrangements in place for those staff who wish to work normally and for those non-uniformed staff who wish to carry on with their duties.

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

I wonder if the Chair of LFEPA could outline very briefly the liaison which LFEPA has had with Chief Executives of London boroughs and whether she is satisfied that there is proper and close co-operation between the Fire Authority and London's boroughs in this matter. I understand, particularly, that the Army services will not attend any lift breakdowns, which is presumably an issue for many of our London boroughs with their tower blocks. I wonder if she could also assure the Assembly that arrangements are in place to deal with any possible intimidation by members of the FBU of those...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

Mr Mayor, have you or your Deputy had any meetings with the Fire Brigades Union to discuss this or other matters recently?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

You are saying that the reason staff on the Underground and, presumably, passengers on the Underground, should feel possibly a little less safe than they do on the Docklands Railway is because of the management on the Underground?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 20 November 2002

You have stated a very clear policy position, which is that you believe another employer should not consider employees to be in any way acting in an unacceptable fashion if they unilaterally withdraw their labour without using the safety machinery through their trade union and with the knowledge that their management and the Health and Safety people, whatever their value or otherwise, have taken. That position is totally acceptable, in your view, for them to absent themselves but on the Docklands Railway, which you are responsible for, you are fudging the issue and you are saying that it is not...