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As I have confirmed to Mary Scanlon in writing, although such a system was not in operation at that time, plans to introduce it from 26 May in the north-west of the north division had been developed.
You will be aware that a number of committee members—Rob Gibson and I, for instance—visited Copenhagen and took the opportunity to examine cycling there.
I have had the privilege of travelling around Scotland and visiting a great many service users in every city of Scotland—indeed, I visited service users in Edinburgh this morning.
It is not for me to comment on London, and I am sure that the commissioner would be delighted to attend the committee.I did 26 years in the Met—under a different system—and because of my current role I occasionally speak to the deputy mayor of London about the Met’s contribution to accountability and legitimacy.
Now, as a result of the world wide web, we have a global language that is controlled globally and allows us all to speak, but at the same time we perform most functions very locally, and book our travel ourselves.
Thank you very much for having us back so soon after our last visit to the committee. On behalf of the commission, I offer you all good wishes for the new year.