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  • Question and Answer Session: Olympic Park Legacy Company (Supplementary) [14]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 16 March 2011
    I want to follow on from Andrew but, also, I was struck by something John Biggs said about you are not mentioning the people. A huge part of the legacy is about the people and the people's quality of life when they are living there. The Commission for Sustainable London 2012 recommended that you should develop detailed design guidance for developers on how to incorporate food growing into its development plans. Have you done that?
  • Land remediation

    • Reference: 2010/0051-1
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    How might the need for extra land remediation affect your plans for sustainable lifestyles, for example growing fruit and vegetables, or the resources for zero carbon energy and waste infrastructure?
  • Masterplanning for sustainable transport

    • Reference: 2010/0052-1
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    Will you adopt the principles of living streets and filtered permeability, included in the Government's eco-towns Planning Policy Statement, as part of your review of the Legacy Master Framework?
  • Car parking

    • Reference: 2010/0053-1
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    Will you seek to exceed the London Plan PTAL-based standards on cycle and car parking to promote your sustainable transport objectives?
  • Affordable Housing

    • Reference: 2010/0054-1
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    Will you prioritise and work with organised communities who wish to take forward affordable housing proposals such as Community Land Trusts?
  • Carbon footprinting

    • Reference: 2010/0055-1
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    Will you carry forward the work done by the ODA on carbon footprinting, and go further to ensure that footprints and reduction targets are built into the contractual process for projects from the bidding stage?
  • Fuel for CCHP

    • Reference: 2010/0056-1
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    How are talks proceeding with Cofely, and are you committed to replacing fossil fuels with renewable fuels in the Combined Cooling and Heat Plant?
  • London Living Wage

    • Reference: 2010/0057-1
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 10 March 2010
    Will you carry forward the ODA's commitment to the London Living Wage, both for construction projects and working with future employers on the Park?
  • Role of Education, Training & Employment in Lifting People out of Poverty (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    Picking up on Kate (Green)'s point about more joined-up thinking on targets and so on, in linking with other strategies, in 2003 the GLA Consultation Tackling Poverty in London had a number of recommendations including the commitment to assess GLA policies and strategies for their contribution to poverty reduction and to produce an annual Poverty Monitoring Report on the success of GLA interventions. Can I ask John why these recommendations were not carried out?
  • Role of Education, Training & Employment in Lifting People out of Poverty (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 19 July 2006
    So, the Mayor has new powers now on skills, and we've just heard that he is going to be playing a leading role in that. Can I ask the rest of the panel how you see that making a difference in terms of tackling poverty?