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• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Neil Garratt AM: Hello, again. Two quick things, Seb. Firstly, I wanted to thank you for letting us know where the Mayor was this morning, because he himself did not tell us. In fact, the reason that I bring this up in the way that I do is because he does not even tell us yes or no. The staff who organise these meetings send an email to his office saying, “Will you come along?” He does not even give them the courtesy of a reply. It is not your fault and I am not holding you responsible, but this...

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Neil Garratt AM: Thank you, Chair. Morning, everyone. It is good to see you all here. I think it is a very important topic. I am duty-bound, it is now traditional that I have to point out that unfortunately the Mayor did not consider it important enough to come along, but thank you to all of you who have. If I could start with you, Sir John. It is picking up on a point that you raised in your opening remarks about almost every answer to decarbonisation looks like electrification. Therefore, while we talk about decarbonising our existing electrical supply...

• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 08 June 2023

Hina Bokhari AM: Thank you, Chair. I do want to touch on something that Assembly Member Polanski was discussing earlier about flooding, but I want to link it to pollution through sewage. I am sure Caroline [Sheridan] and Charlie [Wood] would like to come in at this point, but I want to start off with Sir John. I know that you were talking about specific projects not always being part of your approach, but the baseline report that you produced in 2021 said serious pollution incidents from water and sewage are unacceptably high. Then your report in 2022 about reducing...