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• Reference: 2015/3295
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Metropolitan Police Service Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley recently warned that some internet firms are deliberately "undermining" terrorism investigations by refusing to cooperate on suspects. What conversations are being had between the Metropolitan Police Service and social media firms to ensure that important security information is not being withheld?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Roger Evans AM: In Havering and Redbridge we are now experiencing TfL management of the railway line that is going to become Crossrail. It runs in to Liverpool Street. It is quite interesting because we are seeing a lot more of a proactive attitude on the part of the staff there than there was before TfL took over. For example, we have very crowded trains and what they do now in the morning is they stand next to the trains and tell the passengers to move down inside the cars, which no one did on that service before. However, it...

• Reference: 2015/2621
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

It was recently confirmed that the first artefact to have been smuggled to the UK after being looted during the Libyan uprising is to be held in the British museum until it can be returned. What work is the Metropolitan Police Service undertaking to combat the illicit trade in artefacts looted from around the world during times of conflict?

• Reference: 2015/2622
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Two police officers from West Midlands Police recently took part in a fortnight long trial which saw them working alongside the Guardia Civil in Magaluf, Majorca and San Antonio, Ibiza. What assessment have you made of this trial, and what considerations are there for the Metropolitan Police Service to engage in similar trials in the future?

• Reference: 2015/2623
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Have you made any assessment of the Upstanding Neighbourhoods programme running in Birmingham, especially their "Open Your Eyes" anti-radicalisation project and would you consider the introduction of a similar programme in London?

• Reference: 2015/2624
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

With it being announced that Kellogg Brown & Root Limits have been selected to deliver Lot 1 of the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme - how confident are you that emergency service communications in London will be as efficient and effective as possible? Also, what provisions are being put in place to ensure that, under the new scheme, the emergency services will still be able to communicate on the London Underground network?

• Reference: 2015/2625
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

It has been reported that refusal to sign the Metropolitan Police Service's voluntary 'Policy on Publishing and Broadcasting in a Non-Official Capacity" has resulted in police officers working in counterterrorism and diplomatic protection being told they will be considered for redeployment. How many officers have signed the agreement, how many have refused and how many officers have been redeployed because of their refusal?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Roger Evans AM: Jenny [Jenny Jones AM] made quite a good point, actually, about the noise that residents living near the lines will experience. I know I have had complaints and concerns raised by people in Woodford and South Woodford who live alongside the Central line where it is on an embankment and they are going to be subject to some noise overnight. Can you make sure that Transport for London (TfL) actually addresses those complaints and reassures them that it is not going to be a life-changing, sleep-depriving thing?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Roger Evans AM: I recently met constituents from Wanstead who wanted me to pass on their thanks for your decision to block the expansion of London City Airport. Can you please provide them some reassurance that you will continue to oppose this scheme? It would be very damaging for the environment.

• Reference: 2015/2171
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 July 2015

It has been reported that the Metropolitan Police Service is actively recruiting people with the ability to remember faces they have barely seen before in order help identify criminals and keep tabs on offenders in large crowds. How many of these "super recognisers" has the Metropolitan Police Service recruited and how are they being deployed?