Health committee  I don't think there's much evidence of that. What we were trying to do was experiment just to measure children's everyday activity. We didn't want them to do more exercise because they were wearing the monitors, because that would rather upset the experiment. I'm afraid I don't

Health committee  It's not my expertise, but my understanding was that a number of years ago there was a trend towards non-competitive sports. I think we've moved back away from that position much more to the idea where children can compete, and it seems quite a good idea to give them some incenti

Health committee  Certainly there is a big concern about the number of cars being used to take children to school. There are conflicts, because a lot of parents do want to drive their children to school, and many schools are taking initiatives to discourage dropping off near the school. It is a ve

Health committee  It's not just a matter of creating facilities; it's encouraging parents to let them go out. The biggest problem in this country is parental concern about allowing children to go out and play. I think the big barrier is letting them go out, rather than the lack of facilities. Ther

Health committee  I would like to think there was, but I don't think there actually is. I'd be very interested in Caborn's evidence to support those statements. I'm afraid I'd be rather cynical on those sorts of things.

Health committee  I only wish we knew the answer to that question. I think it's very important. It's much easier to get messages across to high-income people. Most of our experience is working with them. Those parents understand these issues, whereas we don't get the message across to those people

Health committee  I certainly think you should. Our experience with talking to children is they've got fairly clear views and are able to give you fairly clear answers to well-defined questions. I think it would have been very sensible to talk to them.

Health committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My interest in this area started from a project we were carrying out for the U.K. Department for Transport. We were looking at ways to reduce the number of short trips by car. One of the things that came out of that was the very large number

Health committee  I'm Professor Mackett from the Centre for Transport Studies here at University College, London.

Health committee  That's fine.