This resource is from the Committees section. This is report 4 of the 26 January 2006 meeting of the MPA Committee and presents two petitions, one in relation to Hampstead Police Station and one calling for more police on the beat in Chipping Barnet.

Sections available here:

• Petitions
  • Summary
  • A. Recommendation
  • B. Supporting information
  • C. Race and equality impact
  • D. Financial implications
  • E. Background papers
  • F. Contact details

Petitions

Report: 4
Date: 26 January 2006
By: Chief Executive and Clerk

Summary

Two petitions will be presented to the Authority, one in relation to Hampstead Police Station and one calling for more police on the beat in Chipping Barnet.

A. Recommendation

That Members receive the petitions.

B. Supporting information

Hampstead Police Station

1. A petition signed over 100 people is to be presented to the Authority by Mr Ed Fordham in the following terms:

“‘We the undersigned oppose any plans to reduce the level of policing located and based in Hampstead Police Station and reject plans to close or scale down the current station.“

Police in Chipping Barnet

2. A petition signed by 1,460 people is to be presented to the Authority by Mrs Theresa Villiers MP in the following terms:

“We the undersigned call on the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London to put 120 more police officers on the beat in Chipping Barnet.”

Mrs Villiers is keen to present this petition to the MPA as the Authority directly concerned in determining the number of police officers allocated to Barnet.

3. A response to these petitions will be made at the meeting.

C. Race and equality impact

No direct implications in relation to the process of presenting petitions.

D. Financial implications

No direct implications in relation to the process of presenting petitions.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Simon Vile, Head of Secretariat, MPA.

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
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