Very little information has been made available about the Treasury advisers’ meeting, termed “the Project Review Group” (PRG). The PRG authorises the spending of £100 millions of public money on large PFI projects. PRG members interview DEFRA, who are the sponsors of the proposals and local authorities making the bid, but do not investigate concerns raised by objectors. The protesters are demanding the right to highlight factual errors in these PFI bids, just as they are entitled to comment at planning committee meetings.

Warwickshire waste campaigner Keith Kondakor said: “By not allowing local citizens to have their say in these mammoth and expensive projects, the Treasury is effectively holding a trial where only one side can submit evidence.” “The only scrutiny outside the Treasury is by the very organizations that stand to gain from the funding of the project.” “The official projections for the Coventry Solihull & Warwickshire project – to be discussed at the meeting - have inflated the waste produced in 2008/9 by 50,000-100,000 tonnes. This will lead to a contract for an oversized waste disposal facility, wasting around £125 million over 25 years. This will in turn undermine the local recycling in the region.