Caroline Righton, Conservative candidate for St Austell and Newquay.

1. Do you support the hunting ban or should it be overturned?

I am listening to the case for and against, and when presented with the legislation in the free vote proposed by the Conservative Party will consider it carefully. I don't personally hunt, or even ride but living in St Columb Major, in essentially a farming community, I meet many who do. In the last three and a half years it has only been mentioned twice on the doorstep as an issue.

2. Do you see Newquay Airport as vital for the county's future, or is it a burden on the council taxpayer and should be sold off?

Newquay Airport is vital. It offers huge potential for aviation-related industries to locate within its estate which would bring training and jobs to bolster the local economy. Given the pressure on the public purse, it would make sense to find private partners but not at the expense of any threat to its future viability.

3. What would you do to help fishermen? Do you agree the current quotas are not working, with fishermen forced to throw back some of their catch?

The Common Fisheries Policy should be reformed wholesale including bringing an end to fish discards. Sustainable practices need to be encouraged with local fishermen having a greater say over their fisheries' management.

4. Is an incinerator for Cornwall the only answer to the county's waste problems? What else would you suggest?

The mass burn incinerator proposed at St Dennis is not the answer. Technological advances and social change in attitudes mean smaller modular methods nearer to communities make environmental sense.

5. What would you do about Cornwall's second home owners crisis and the lack of affordable housing?

We have to prioritise the building of affordable housing and return the planning and decision making about this provision to local communities. We have championed community land trusts as a way of delivering affordable housing. Empty second homes pose a problem for some communities, but we need to make sure that any policy to tackle the problem doesn't have the unintended consequence of destroying small local businesses involved in holiday lets.