Day 074 - 16 Jan 95 - Page 48
1 Q. Could you please get down pink Volume V?
2 A. "Recycling and waste"?
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4 Q. Yes that is right. Turn to tab 49, please. Could you turn
5 to page 801? This is a letter from Councillor
6 Ian Donaldson. Do you remember this letter? Do you
7 remember Councillor Donaldson?
8 A. I certainly do remember him -- very well.
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10 Q. Do you remember discussing problems about environment/index.html">litter with him?
11 A. Yes, I did. It was -- he wanted me to sponsor a couple
12 of bins. It was near Sloane Square and he wanted me to
13 sponsor.
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15 Q. So it was his idea for you to sponsor environment/index.html">litter bins?
16 A. More environment/index.html">litter bins.
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18 Q. More environment/index.html">litter bins. When did you first start sponsoring the
19 environment/index.html">litter bins?
20 A. I started after I discussed with Mrs. Linda Wells.
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22 Q. That was in November 1991, was it not, is that right, or at
23 the end of October 1991?
24 A. Yes, I would say towards the end of 1991, something.
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26 Q. Mr. Donaldson on the first page towards the bottom is
27 talking about various problems threatening the future
28 vitality of the Kings Road. Part of what he is talking
29 about is recession and then he goes on to talk about
30 environment/index.html">litter?
31 A. Could you kindly read that because my copy is -- it is
32 a poor copy.
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34 Q. "I am, of course, very much aware that the current
35 recession coupled with escalating rental rates and the
36 Uniform Business Rate, both of which are outside the
37 control of the Council, are threatening the future vitality
38 of the Kings Road. There are other factors, though, which
39 I feel are important and where the co-operation and
40 partnership between the Council and traders could be
41 beneficial."
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43 He goes on to talk about Residents Associations and then
44 starts talking about the state of cleanliness of the Kings
45 Road. Then at the bottom paragraph on the second page he
46 says: "I regularly inspect, usually at 6 p.m. and 3 a.m.
47 the street cleansing of the road, which has at times during
48 the busy summer season been very unsatisfactory. I have
49 been writing to the Director of Cleansing three or four
50 times a week highlighting when conditions have been
51 unsatisfactory because of the extraordinary amount of
52 environment/index.html">litter deposited by visitors on busy summer days and bins
53 are over-flowing". Do you think that is -----
54 A. But he is not referring to McDonald's environment/index.html">litter.
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56 Q. No. Firstly, do you think that was an accurate comment,
57 bins over flowing and vast amounts of environment/index.html">litter dropped on the
58 pavement?
59 A. He has a big Ward so I do not know which area he is
60 suggesting to in that and a little while because I had an
