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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I am simply wondering how Mr O'Toole would ensure that any surplus generated by developing Tube assets is not taken away from the Tube and reinvested in the rest of the transport network. Your opening comment was that you wanted to see such assets developed to improve the Tube, but there is always a risk that they will be taken away and spent on buses, for example. Is that an issue for you, or are you a corporate player who is happy to sacrifice the Tube for the greater good of London?

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

You are saying that the objective is to make more money, rather than to take into account any local impact on business in the area?

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I am bothered by Camden, where it is opposed by practically everybody including the Civic Society, the Architects' Forum, and all the residents and businesses there. We are just worried that we will see these types of corporate, soulless developments all over London, with the destruction of the local community.

• Reference: 2002/0199-1
• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

How are partners being engaged to deliver on his responsibilities? .

• Reference: 2002/0217-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Much of the draft waste strategy, rightly, concentrates on improving recycling rates on some of the worst performing boroughs in London. What incentives are there for Councils already achieving pretty high rates of recycling? .

• Reference: 2002/0222-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

What funding have you and/or the Mayor been able to secure from Central Government to help improve recycling rates across London? Given all the statements that both you and the Mayor have made on this topic, does incineration have any place in the future disposal of London's waste? .

• Reference: 2002/0231-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Is the Mayor's waste strategy strong enough to avoid the need for new incinerators in London? .

• Reference: 2002/0273-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

The Draft Municipal Waste Strategy sets out a desire to create a single waste disposal authority for London. Bearing in mind many boroughs are already engaged in long-term waste contracts, how do you intend to create this single authority and how will it work? .

• Reference: 2002/0220-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

How are you engaging in consultation with existing waste disposal authorities in London, and how are these consultations going? .

• Reference: 2002/0223-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Are you certain you and your officers really understand the problems involved in increasing recycling rates by using kerbside collections only? .