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• Reference: 2012/0223-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Can you outline your vision for the LLDC, and in particular how it will benefit existing communities in East London?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

John Biggs (AM): A very simple question to start which is, in answering Caroline Pidgeon's question, do you have enough money to deliver your promises concerning the physical legacy of the Olympic Park?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Tom Copley (AM): Good morning, Mr Mayor. Boris Johnson (Chairman, LLDC): Good morning. Tom Copley (AM): I wanted to ask you a couple of questions about community land trusts. I believe that in 2005 thousands of homes were promised to the people of east London as part of community land trusts. I would like to ask you first of all what progress is being made on delivering those promised homes?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Nicky Gavron (AM): I want to go back if I may to Caroline Pidgeon's question where you were talking about the level of affordable housing. There has always been a real concern that the brilliant and beautifully planned Park and its neighbourhood might become an enclave for relatively well-off people. It would be a real failure for legacy if it were not to deliver mixed and balanced communities. Now, 35% affordable homes is not a very high proportion. Could I drill down into what is meant by 'affordable'? I do not mind which of you answers.

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Jennette Arnold (AM): Yes, thank you. My line of questioning to both you gentlemen is about the media and broadcast centres and about, if you like, the haste and the urgency that we have in this area about getting jobs and investment going in as soon as possible. We do not want to repeat the saga of the Stadium. So it is an answer from both of you. Can you confirm that in January 2013 iCity will be confirmed as the consortia for the legacy project of the media and broadcast centres?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Navin Shah (AM): I am actually thankful to Assembly Member Evans because he has picked up the issue I was going to raise about the wider benefits to Londoners throughout, in terms of lasting benefits with the legacy planning. May I please, Mr Mayor, ask you to work on a clear action plan to indicate how all Londoners will benefit, like the residents we are hearing for Mr Evans and like residents in the boroughs that I represent. Very clearly, there is an expectation and rightly so that the benefits should not be confined to just the whole six boroughs...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

OK. If we take the example of the Olympic Boulevard, that is the main Olympic marathon route back into the Olympic Park after they have done their 26 miles. The aspiration would be that that looks good on television, for example. That is not your responsibility?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

OK. There is an interesting challenge here which is that virtually the whole of the rest of the world is very keen to make sure that the Olympics do not go over budget, whereas a lot of my constituents in East London are very anxious to make sure that, in making sure the Olympics do not go over budget, we do not spend too little on the regeneration benefits for the area. The individual borough councils, for example, have aspirations as to how the Olympics will improve their areas. One that pops up is the Olympic Boulevard idea, supported by...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Can I move on to the question of jobs and employment. There has been a lot of focus on the budgets ensuring that people are adequately trained to build the facilities. Do you have a responsibility for thinking about legacy land uses and the ways in which communities will benefit from those uses of land? The one that is held up very often is the Broadcast Centre which could become a major employment venue in the future. What is your role in that, or are you simply trying to get the cheapest building up quickly, do not care if it...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

I suppose I should declare, for the record, that I am the Deputy Chair of the UDC, although I would not accept that it is the only body responsible for this work.