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• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Thank you, Chair. I would like to take a step back as we look towards legacy. We are all aware in this Chamber that the host boroughs of east London are some of the poorest locations in the capital. 70,000 unemployed adults are in the seven east London boroughs that neighbour the Olympic site. I am looking at the foundations of a legacy. How is it possible to truly call this a legacy when, at this moment in time, of the 5,381 employed people on the site, only 20% are from the five hosting boroughs and 48% are non-British? This...

• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

You have pretty much said that most Londoners and people from Britain are quite tolerant of changing circumstances. The weather in the last couple of weeks --

• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

John picked up on this particular question. With the budget being - I would not say squeezed - and not there for aspects that we feel would be necessary for a secure Olympic Games and with the heightened threat of terrorism taking place, what sort of discussions - I do not want to go into the inside details of Special Branch and all the rest; that would be nonsense - have taken place and what sort of security can you offer to the public both in this country, and people visiting this country, that they will be secure in all...

• Question by: Richard Barnbrook
• Meeting date: 08 December 2010

If I understand this correctly the significant private sponsors seem to have fallen to one side, especially on two particular major projects. One is the media centre and the -- Richard Barnbrook (AM): The question is - I put the information forward first so I can get the question out of it - with these possible cutbacks what future does the media centre have without private funding?