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• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Thank you, Chair. I have got a number of questions. Firstly, to go back to what John was talking about, on the people legacy. The Olympic Park set itself benchmarks, as you know, Margaret. I know that you have been aware of the programmes it implemented. The sadness is that those teams may now well disperse. I welcome what you are doing with schools. Would you agree with me that you need also to work with local colleges, in the way that the ODA did, and what you need to do is, in a sense, take the baton and do...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

I am interested in the cost of running the sports venues once they are into legacy mode. I understand that the OPLC will be responsible for the Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the mixed sports venue and the tower. Do you expect the sports venues will require public subsidy once they are in legacy mode to keep them afloat, or will they stand on their own two feet?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

As the representative of Hackney, which you talked about as one of the landowners, and also it is linked to the relationship with communities, can you confirm how you are going to manage the priorities and the ambitions that are held by boroughs like Hackney, and any demands that will come through from the private sector? By this I mean, if we just stay with the Broadcast Centre, you will know, Baroness Ford, that schools and colleges certainly around Hackney have started to look at their curriculum and have started to look forward to the point that they will be...

• Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

Like Dee I have some concerns about the athletics' commitment in the Stadium and I think one of the major stumbling blocks to making that Stadium have a viable legacy is the insistence on retaining the running track round it. I am not saying anything new in terms of saying the football clubs do not like playing in stadiums where there are athletics tracks round the pitch and the reasons for that are all very well documented. How many times is it anticipated that the Stadium would be used for athletics events, if the athletics track is retained - in...