Having had some dealings with Angela Smith on this issue, I'm afraid you'll be waiting a long time if you want to hear anything but the party line from her. If she gets back to you at all, that is. I think badgering her about house prices is potentially more successful, if only because she may welcome the diversion and actually answer you.

I'm very torn over the smoking ban. My civil liberties brain says that a ban is a bad idea, whereas my 'not wanting to spend the evening breathing in somke then come back smelling of smoke' brain says a ban is only reasonable.