• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

I wonder if you could tell us how you're proposing to ensure that the boroughs, when they collect recyclable materials, actually have a market for them and they're not left with a large surplus which they have to dispose of themselves?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

But clearly you are a policy advisor and clearly the legislation does allow you to hide behind confidentiality, which I do respect with some reluctance, but there is in theory a position where - I don't want incinerators in East London by the way - where the evidence base suggests that the health concerns are not as well founded as people might think and yet the political context is one in which they remain unacceptable. How would you manage that as a waste advisor?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Invited along is different from being involved, would you not agree?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Is it from the London Authority and therefore is the Assembly going to be involved?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

I'm interested in the conference. Is it an Authority conference or is it a Mayoral conference?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So my point about transport considerations, all of the planning considerations one would normally expect, is that what you're saying?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Could I ask you if I'm correct in putting that in slightly different terms, which is that you're suggesting that the arrangements for planning in London which need to take the public with them must support the application of new technologies? Because to say it must fit in to the SDS sounds as if you're suggesting that there is some technical criterion to be reached.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

But you will take seriously the Environment Committee's recommendation to look at non-thermal new technologies?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Have you considered any other non-thermal new technologies? Are you looking at any of those, such as mechanical biological treatment?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So in terms of dealing with the residual waste, if you could deal with residual waste using non-thermal new technologies, would that be your preference?