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• Reference: 2011/0075-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Dee Doocey (Chair): Can I formally welcome Baroness Ford and Andrew Altman to the meeting. Baroness Ford is the Chair of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) and Andrew Altman is the Chief Executive. Thank you very much for coming. If I could explain how the session is going to work; I understand that Margaret and Andrew are going to give a five minute opening statement. I will then ask a Member from each Group to put a question in the following order: the Labour Group, followed by the Liberal Democrat Group, followed by the Conservative Group, followed by the...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Can I touch on the sustainability assurance aspects. The Commission for a Sustainable 2012 does not just do the construction and the staging of the Games, it includes legacy, albeit that process is going to come to an end in about 2013. The first question, for the record, is do you welcome that scrutiny and will you cooperate fully with the Commission for a Sustainable 2012 for the legacy aspects?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

I wanted to look at the housing side of what you are doing and dig into the finances behind that will underpin the proportions between social affordable, owner occupied and, indeed, private rented possibly. When you were here last time we talked a lot about the remediation and the 60 centimetres and the impact of switching to the housing that you gave us the pictures for where there is a garden at the back. Can you update us on your financial modelling about the additional costs that are associated with remediation for family sized housing and how that impacts the...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

We have heard a lot about employment opportunities for local people. Will you be building any requirement into any of the contracts such as the construction ones to specifically employ and train local people - a bit like Crossrail has been able to do?

• 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?

• Reference: 2010/0049-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

What are you doing to end speculation over the future of the Olympic Stadium?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?