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

Of course there are new technologies and new technologies. In the Environmental Committee's scrutiny report it talks about some alternatives to thermal treatment as part of new technologies and the Mayor looking into that to deal with residual waste issues. How do we intend to take that recommendation forward?

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

So you think there's generally no problem then? It's the sort of plant that you'd like to see research in for getting in to London then?

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

Thank you. In some of the words that you've been speaking this morning you referred very frequently to "my officers" and words like that. Do you therefore think that the strategy staff should be under the Mayoral corridor as opposed to in the core GLA?

• Question by: Eric Ollerenshaw
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

When the Mayor goes on his campaigning in the general election - having reached this incredible deal with Millbank to try to keep the Tories out of London, I suppose - what staff will he take with him, and what are the political restrictions on his own staff? In particular, what are the political restrictions on his own staff in terms of writing articles? I am referring specifically to an article in The Independent accusing the Tory party generally of racism. What is the position of that, given that that member of staff is a paid official of the GLA...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

This is your adviser - not the political parties.

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

Will you give an undertaking specifically to refer the article in question to the Head of Legal Services of this authority? Will you also undertake to ask the Head of Legal Services to review the position of all your advisers - certainly those who are paid and in a contractual relationship with this authority, because a broad issue of principle is raised here; and would you undertake to report the results to the next Mayor's Question Time?

• Question by: Eric Ollerenshaw
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

I asked a specific question about the political restrictions on your personal staff. I have asked this question before at appointments, and nobody seems to have an answer in this place. I understood that, as a public body, we are bound by certain regulations and laws, and I would like to know what they are.

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

I just want to reinforce that you do think that as far as the waste strategy goes there is a place for a business plan or an action plan? You believe that it's actually imperative?

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

I think going on from that, it's very important, you have indicated very clearly and I think Londoners would support you in that we want to find a way other than incineration for our waste. Now given that we did identify very clearly that you need to do some form of business plan, action plan, which does work with boroughs and the ALG and the stakeholder dialogue reinforces that, are you going to be doing that now with this draft strategy as it comes out for public consultation?

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

So other changes will be made during the public consultation stage, not during the Assembly consultation stage? You'll really just be noting the London Waste Action stakeholder dialogue comments at the moment, you won't be making any changes on those until they go to public consultation?