These allegations strike to the heart of the integrity of the police and integrity of the Met and I fundamentally reject them. There is no cover-up.

The community has been very much behind the Metropolitan Police after the events of July 7 and 21, and I think this is a very good example of that,

I have to say that I, for the reasons the police have given, have found their (the police's) request for this power (of detention) absolutely compelling,

A million dollars can always be made, but your integrity can never be bought back.

Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on compulsory ID cards... let that money provide thousands more police officers on the beat in our local communities.

The police uniform and the firearm we carry are symbols of our legal authority,