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• Reference: 2008/0009-1
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

What are the latest plans for the Olympic Village and how do you see its legacy?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

I assume the Paralympians are going to be using the Olympic Village as well?

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

Just a quick follow up. I am hoping you are getting the feeling from round here that all of us are looking for a community that we can be proud of in years to come and I think that is something that we would like to see; the whole design and thought looked at from that sense of view. I am personally quite pleased we are not putting up more high rise blocks. You talked about the fact that you had reduced the number. Does that mean that is going to change the number of people in each room or...

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

Can we get the parameters very clear then. You are responsible for the build phase of the Olympic Site and the security of that build phase. You will then hand over to LOCOG who assume responsibility for the buildings and it is their responsibility for security of the delivery of the Paralympic and Olympic Games. Are you responsible for the security at Broxbourne for the waterway and at Weymouth? At what point do you hand over responsibility for the build site because I understand there are test operations that need to occur for a period of up to a year...

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

Gentlemen, in the current climate and with you being questioned so closely by everybody about costings, you must regret that remark by the previous Mayor about the costings for the bid being worked out on the back of an envelope? That is a question. You must regret it must you not, gentlemen? Does it make your job rather difficult?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

You have already said that you would consider any form of funding. Have you considered a Sharia bond from the Islamic banks?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

John, are we facing the prospect that the Olympic Village might be completely funded by taxpayers?

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

I have a couple of questions really, mostly around sporting legacy. It is something that I am very interested in. The first one concerns one of the venues and the second one is about the Stadium itself. It touches on some of the answers that you gave earlier. The first one is about the equestrian events in Greenwich Park. I was quite gratified by your response to Mr Biggs' question about possible cash savings. I know that KPMG is doing a review on that. The issue I think that I personally have with Greenwich Park is that it will cost...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Bob Neill (AM): I am sure that is right. It is a shame that GOL are not here so that we could have heard it be said. Brian Coleman (Chair): Indeed, we wish Mr Kowalczyk was here, so we could pay tribute to him this morning, but unfortunately he is not. I am sure, however, his spies are in the audience somewhere. Can I just ask, Mr Mayer, are you saying we need, in your professional opinion as an officer ' or 'mere bureaucrat,' as you describe yourself ' that we need an office of emergency planning in London?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

I would have thought that within minutes it would have been obvious even to the most lowly of Londoners whether an issue was of a major catastrophe or just a local incident, so I am surprised that it is going to take 48 hours to determine who takes the lead, because as soon as something happens, in less than 48 seconds, CNN and Sky will want to be there, and they will be taking the lead. Therefore, who actually is going to fill that gap whilst you are hauling in chief executives from Essex or Hertfordshire, as I know where...