• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Can I take it from what Victor said that he endorses the view that it's prudent to have a moratorium upon new incinerator development until such time as scientific evidence can clearly show there are not risks.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I don't intentionally want to fill the time, but I find those rather inadequate answers, and I put it to Mr Duffy that a problem with this was that the bids were rather inadequate and didn't show the sort of vision and leadership that London should be showing on waste minimisation and on education. A couple of sound-bites is not itself enough. It's got to be joined up with the boroughs. It's got to be an effective, driven campaign, with leadership from London. Do you think that London is offering the leadership on this that it should be?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I'm delighted to report, Chair, that the gunners across the river haven't quite found their range yet! My question is about education, because clearly if we're going to avoid the construction of incinerators, we need to change people's mind in London. And there is quite a lot of good on the ground work in individual boroughs, but there is a London-wide responsibility for an education campaign. Can Mr Duffy tell me what steps he's taking to ensure that's the most effective campaign that's possible?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

a number of cities around the world have adopted zero waste targets, as have had two local authorities in the UK now. Is this not something that the Mayor should also be looking at adopting as well?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Victor Anderson, the same question?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

You made a public statement, I think it was a month or so ago, saying that if you were Mayor you would take a more radical approach on waste and recycling than the current Mayor. If that's the case, what changes would you like to see made to the Waste Strategy to make it a more radical vision?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Can I ask Nicky and Victor for their views as well on this?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

And how much have you received?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

Would you agree that there is an opportunity - where the regional assemblies outside London have greater powers than we do - to insert "and London" as the bill goes through parliament? What is good enough for outside London is certainly good enough for London! Whether we can take a lead in doing that is the first issue. My second question is, would you agree that now we're two years in and we can start to learn some of the lessons as to what is and isn't working, shouldn't we be sharing that with Parliamentary colleagues when the White Paper...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 22 May 2002

You have said that you have an expectation that somewhere down the line, greater powers will gradually accrue to you. What do you think about increasing the powers of the Assembly, alongside those of the London Mayor? However much people like Lynne Featherstone may grease up to you on subjects to do with Westminster and the judicial review, nevertheless, when she presented you with her considered thoughts as Chairman of the Committee on your congestion charge - which were in the main rather critical - you basically told her to go and take a running jump. Of course, you are...