Queries on DLLC and meetings :

Query		Comments
Timing :- 9:30 am		This time is rather early as the majority of adults that may be interested are in full-time employment and the second available sector, full-time parents (usually women having to ensure children are off to school) will have problems arriving promtly unless they live very clode or have personal transpoprt. Many people may noy have these. Some come from many miles away, for example Calstock - Gunnislake - Tavistock.
Date :- Weekday		A week day is also inconsiderate if the purpose of the commitee is to inform the lay public for same reason as 1 above. It is hardly defensible to say there are representatives of the public present as; They have little or no contact with the public over this issue. Make little or no attempt to involve themselves with the public over any of the isses arising at the meeting and are even likely not to attend
Advertising		Apart from a small 2" square (to be generous to you) advert in the back of the Herald, there was no other attempt to involve the general public. Even some memers of the Nuclear Free Coalition who missed some of the NFC meetings did not know of the DLLC venue. It would seem appropriate that each committee members takes responsiblity to inform the people they represent. This in some cases may overlap which would at least ensure the meeting and issues were cleary presented. Some commitee groups may like to work together to produce a leaflet: for instance the Police and Health authorities may produce a joint leaflet for distribution to GP's and Local community groups etc. Local councillors may like to work with the EA to provide and environmentall leaflet giving date sof meetin gs and methiods of public participation. These could be distributed with the current Local Goverenemnt flyers/newsletters which are prevaling. Need I go on?
Public/Private Meeting		Why is it a public meeting at all if there is little or no attempt to involve the public. Suely all the information available at the meetings can be sent by mail electronic or otherwise to all other commitee members. In fact why do groups/commitee mebers have to wait for a meeting to be updated, surely any and all releveant information should be distributed immeadiatley it is available. If information is not communiacted immeadiatley there is a percption of secrecy - so what is there to hide. Is the meeting just an excuse to get out of the office an excuse for more taxes and therefore more job security an ego trip by those involeved thinking so,mehting important is happening via the meeting a blatant sham to be open and involved with the public concerns and opinions..

I will now address the three questions submitted by the public, but first I would like to comment on the status of the questions.

First there were very few, implying the public either does not care or does not know of the meeting or considewrs that their concerns will just be fobbed of by those who have an interest in pursuing a Nuclear Platform in the heart of a city at whatever cost in real terms or in insercurity via pollution, accidents or sabottage.