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• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you very much, Commissioner. I am very delighted to hear that, although I was rather sorry that there was a delay because I can remember at least two years ago when we were in here for a scrutiny session, and you came with your Union Representative and he agreed that there really was no hold up with the Union as to getting this sorted out in London as long as they were not to be sent there instead of an ambulance, to which we, of course, agreed. You have been given £100,000, but none of this has been drawn...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

I really commend the work that you are doing. I must congratulate you on the preventative work that you are doing, because it really is quite excellent. Under the guise of vulnerability, can I ask whether under your draft London Safety Plan and your modernisation plans you can assure me that there is going to be enough equipment and staff in areas where there are a large numbert of residential tower blocks? I mean council estates in London. Can you assure me that equipment and manpower is available in those areas?

• Reference: 2003/0041
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Do you agree that there should be a no strike agreement for firefighters? .

• Reference: 2003/0046
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

How rigorous has LFEPA's search for efficiency savings been as part of the 2003/04 budget process? .

• Reference: 2003/0047
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

What was your justification for offering LFEPA staff a London Weighting of £4308 and how do you intend to fund this? .

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Thank you very much indeed. Can I ask both you, Valerie, and Mr Bishop a question in two parts? First of all, Valerie, have you publicly criticised the fire union for going out on these strikes during this period, when everybody knows the Metropolitan Police is on the highest alert in London that it has ever been? And Mr Bishop, have you had further discussions with the other public services, emergency services, in the event, God forbid, that in fact there should be some kind of terrorist incident on a day when the Fire Service is actually on strike? What...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

I spent about two hours yesterday with the London Ambulance Service, and yes, the Fire Service is keeping their progress back, because they have moved on tremendously. They have got a four-year programme. They're in the third year of that, and they are looking to all sorts of pilots. And the Fire Service should be coming in with them, because the most important thing, as we're saying, is to get there quickly, and save more lives.

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

I wanted to get this question in earlier but, in fact, the Schools Liaison Team is very apt. We run a junior citizens scheme in Wandsworth and all members from public services come to this and work out scenarios and play out scenarios with the pupils, mainly junior pupils, and I'd like to say how wonderful it is to have the fire service. They're a great body of men and they are the toughest at challenging the children over fire-raising and over how, in fact, they should behave in a fire. Much more so even than the Police. That wasn't...