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• 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: 2002/0220-1
• 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? .

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

And how much have you received?

• 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: 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: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I entirely understand what you're saying about partnership requiring some give and take. It doesn't always make for the happiest committee, but can I understand - are there published criteria that the boroughs can look to, to understand whether in the next round of bidding they are likely to be successful?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

So, when you're assessing the bids, you're working to those criteria of the committee?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

And do you have a programme for evaluating the successes?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Can I then ask how this applies in the case of the £400,000 that is going to the GLA for the start of the London Awareness campaign, and in particular, is this going to extend beyond residents - because we've rather been talking in terms of residents - and extend to businesses and business waste, trade refuse?

• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Do you think there is scope for work in the business community?