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  • Notting Hill Carnival (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 September 2006
    Mayor, if you do not want to run Carnival, why run an event like the Showcase? If you look at Angie's (Bray) question just now this links into it You said initially in the first authorisation, that it would cost the GLA (Greater London Authority) £68,000. We then move on ' a few weeks later ' the day before the Carnival and we are told that Bliss Events are going to be paid £150,000.

  • Notting Hill Carnival (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 September 2006
    This is relevant Chair I assure you, honestly. Initially, you say that the balance of £230,000 would be met by sponsorship income and income from stalls. We tried even right up until the day before to find out where this is coming, and finally we learn, last week, that it is the LDA (London Development Agency) that is spending.

  • Local Employment

    • Reference: 2006/0112-1
    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 14 June 2006
    What plans have you made to ensure that a proportion of the contracts will go to local firms and will provide employment to local residents, particularly if they have lost jobs as a result of firms having to close down for the development of the Olympic infrastructure?