we have one of the best fire services and the best brigades in this country mr chairman  and you none the least mr chairman on some of you recent visits and meeting some of our fire personnel are more than aware we are  the the best equipped, the cheapest  brigade  and  our chaps and girls in leicestershire, the morale is very high, regardless of what's going on around the pay dispute at the moment  and i think that we need to show our support  to those fire personnel and provide the adequate funding for the southern fire station.