• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Finally, could you just repeat what you said earlier about Jenny Jones was absolutely right and I wished I had listened to her years ago? Could you just repeat that?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Are you aware that Alistair Darling's (Secretary of State for Trade and Industry) idea about how to bring in road user charging would actually make it easier for 4x4s because what they are doing is taking off the fuel tax and putting it on mileage? Actually, whether you are running a 4x4 or a Mini, you would be worse off in a Mini. Are you going to protest to the Government that they rethink their ideas?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

That is alright for those people lucky enough to live near the Congestion Charging Zone. Those of us who do not live within it, particularly outer boroughs, where car use is still a problem, therefore parking charges surely would be a way forward as a bigger, wider deterrent.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

All that is really good news, and I look forward to seeing that report. This idea of polluters paying is clearly a well established one now. Do you think that local authorities can actually use it as a basis for increased parking charges, as well, on more polluting vehicles?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

We are agreed that the Secretary of State was wrong?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

I would settle for retrograde'

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

There is potential scope, if there were regional movements of rain from let us say the North East down to London via the canal network, and it is something which, in due course, the London Waterways Commission may look into. I just wonder whether you feel that has got a role to play in dealing with the water demands down here in London.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

While we are on Thames Water's profits, the other issue here is the sewerage system. Can you confirm that the interceptor tunnel has now had the go ahead, as press reports say? Are you aware of that?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

If you do not get water metering, if patterns do continue, and if Thames Water do not dramatically improve their leakage problem, then you are going to have to look at the growth scenario again.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 21 June 2006

Joanne (McCartney) has raised the point because the House of Lords report also pointed out that at the current replacement rate, it will take 128 years to replace the pipe network. Are you aware that when Thames Water have come and given evidence to our scrutinies, they are saying that they could actually increase the replacement rate if Ofwat allowed them to charge more to the customers for the replacement costs? It is actually down to Ofwat. Certainly from our side, are you aware that we would not argue that the customers should be paying more when Thames Water's profits...