• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

What problems do you think your projected population growth figures will have for the provision of affordable housing?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

Let me ask then, on Falcon Wharf, which you did mention, which is in the Ward that I used to represent, and where we ended up with actually less affordable housing, unfortunately, as a result of your intervention. Could you send me a briefing on that, about how we actually came to it? Because the affordable housing was off site and not on site.

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Thank you very much. I would really like people to put their hands up if they've actually understood that. Assembly colleagues, have you really? Graham Tope, as Chairman of the Finance Committee, with this, "Now you see it, now you don"t" sort of figures that we see on finance papers - and I"m not insulting Peter Martin, because I think he's done a really grand job, especially now that his Deputy Finance Director comes from Wandsworth. But you see, what I'm getting at is the presentation of papers; that in fact I have to ask a question like this, and...

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Would Lord Harris accept that whilst welcoming PCSOs there is unease in the boroughs, of all political persuasions, about funding for PCSOs beyond the initial two years; that boroughs are therefore a little reluctant to completely exploit PCSOs if in two years' time they're going to find they're presented with a bill for them.

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Let's cut to the chase. Could you just give us a brief assessment of what the state of the MPS would have been in, if we'd agreed the last two years of the Tory budget proposals? Give us a view.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Could I ask you whether you're happy with the Mayor's suggestion that it would be quite easy, in fact, to find the odd £1 million swashing around in the funds here and there, to pay for the unmarked police cars that can't be registered? Are you happy that he thinks it's quite easy to find £1 million swashing around?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

What would be the cost to the Metropolitan Police of the congestion charge?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Now, can I ask another further question about the 1,000 officers? You have said this morning, in your preamble that the budget proposed to the Mayor, for precept of 1,000 officers. So, that will mean there will mean a huge increase, because we have already been told that the money that was precepted for 1,000 officers actually doesn't pay for 1,000 officers. It pays for on costs, as Len Duvall has tried to get at, for about 600 officers. Now, my understanding was that a conversation was going to be had with the Mayor as to whether he would relax...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I will bring us back to the original question, interesting though that exchange has been, which in a sense was about the clarity and the presentation of information. Is the Chair aware that we have been making - by we, I mean the Finance Committee, and particularly the Budget Review Group on which Eric Ollerenshaw sits, and attends regularly - we have been making efforts to try to present the financial information in a much clearer way and a simpler way, whilst maintaining obviously its accuracy. Would he, like me, welcome any suggestions, whether they be from Eric or from...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Would you agree that what the people of Lambeth want is continued action to go on reducing crime levels and which I take it as read that you do, and if so, would you agree that people and politicians, including people round this table and in this Chamber, who want to improve policing and reduce crime, should concentrate their attention on things like overall police resource levels, policing policies and policing procedures, and rather less on personalities?