• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I support the warm comments you've made about the performance about Commander Brian Moore during this period, and there have been great strides in Lambeth. But do you not think it's a legitimate aspiration for them as a Police Service and an authority to wish to employ a senior officer such as Brian Paddick, who enjoy the level of trust and support and engagement with their local communities. And do you not feel that disrupting that kind of relationship is essentially counter-productive and we ought to be trying to preserve the asset of the good relationship that Commander Paddick clearly...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

There is a perception, a widespread perception, that Brian Paddick has been rather shabbily treated by both the MPA and the MPS on this issue. I think it leaves the MPA's image somewhat tarnished. What are you going to do to try and restore confidence, particularly in Lambeth, in both the MPA and the policing service generally?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Is this the right way to treat someone who's been cleared by the Crown Prosecution Service, been cleared by the internal inquiry, yet remains sidelined in a job - whilst it's an important job - is not the job that Brian Paddick was doing, and is not something that fully utilises his skills?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Are you suggesting that had no controversy come up about the cannabis pilots, had no controversy come up from allegations from a former partner, all the rest of it - had this controversy not arisen, then Commander Paddick would still be removed from Lambeth anyway?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

I think 14 year old males are well known for their devotion to cleaning up after themselves! Can you tell me what you have done in your strategies or programmes to divert youths from graffiti? Where have they fitted into your strategies, and what have you done so far?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

You'd agree that the important point about Capital Standards is that they would have a genuine effect, and that the scheme will be measuring critical factors, not just the easy and obvious ones? Can you tell me what you are going to do with Capital Standards in relationship to a borough like Haringey, which has a very poor performance with an annual spend of £15,000 against £600,000 in Wandsworth. In terms of having a Capital Standard, what are you going to do with these recalcitrant boroughs?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

I feel very positive about you setting Capital Standards over graffiti, and I also have some sympathy with boroughs that feel that they are already meeting some basic standards. One interesting thing that came from the investigation, which was very much across the typical party political activity you had on the Assembly, was just how variable the standards were across London in terms of the amount of resources that were being provided. Can I suggest to you some other interesting things to investigate with boroughs? There's also what the international standards are as well. In many cities in the States...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

I still think you can use your position to have a word in someone's ear or to influence - not simply by the systematic Capital Standard. Will you then back calls, that were originally pioneered by the Liberal Democrats, for a ban on the sale of spray paints to unaccompanied youths? And will you also encourage increased use of reparations as the punishment for graffiti, so that youths both undo the damage they've caused but begin to understand and have an increased awareness of their role as citizens.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

The Mayor's Biodiversity Strategy talks about the Mayor will work with the MPA and Customs on illegal trade in endangered species. Can I ask what liaison has taken place so far?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I am curious about this, because on the other work I'm doing in trafficking in humans, it's clear that there are links, through every sort of trafficking, and there is also trafficking in bush meat and exotic animals. It seems to me that people who traffic actually use all sorts of things to traffic, like guns, drugs, people, animals, and, therefore, this might be a weak point at which to tackle them. And given that we've got 1,200 extra officers next year, it occurred to me that even doubling the number of officers we have could make a significant impact...