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• Reference: 2001/0237-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Are you aware that the Thermoselect HTR (High Temperature Recycling) flagship Plant at Karlsruhe, (quoted in the Draft Waste Strategy as having `emissions of less than 10% of those permitted by the German Regulations') was closed down in October 2000 for at least seven months because of a breach of German emission regulations? How will this affect the Waste Strategy's stance on new combustion technologies? .

• Reference: 2001/0239-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Why was the Mayor's draft waste strategy late? .

• Reference: 2001/0247-1
• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Can the Mayor's Advisor tell us how his working relationship with GLA officials is progressing in pursuing Mayoral strategies and objectives? .

• 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?

• 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: 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

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: 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: 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 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?