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  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Angie Bray
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    I would just point out, since the Mayor raised it, that of course the Congestion Charge is not making anything like the money that TfL originally predicted. My third question is about the lottery game that is being set up specifically to fund the Olympics. One way, surely, that we might have been able to help Londoners a little more with their bills would have been if you had fought harder, Mr Mayor - and perhaps you still can; I am hoping that this could still be rectified - to dissuade, shall I say, Gordon Brown from lifting 12 pence...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Richard Barnes
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    I know that the Metropolitan Police endeavoured to put £800,000 into its budget for next year, which would have been paid directly for Londoners and not necessarily through that mechanism. What I am seeking is a clear assurance to Londoners where that funding is going to come from. I do not want the Mayor to be grandstanding about his 35,000 police officers.

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Richard Barnes
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Barbara Cassani, when she was here, talked about private security. Is that still an option, or will it be from the Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and police officers that normally patrol London being taken across to the Olympics?

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Angie Bray
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    You have, indeed, as I see, made some provision for contingencies - just over £1 billion - but I understand that is actually the sum of money that is included in what the Government has put as its overall figure. Indeed, that contingency money appears to have already been, if you like, spent up in advance on security costs and transport costs. Therefore, I am not sure that is the sort of sum of money I am looking at. It was Rt Hon Richard Caborn, the Labour Minister for Sport and Tourism, who said only last year that it is...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Angie Bray
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Thank you. Can I just briefly say, on behalf of my group - and I would have liked to have said this to Lord Coe, himself - that we were extremely excited and thrilled at the success of our team in Athens, and we love to see all those medals coming back here. We very much hope to see a repeat of that success here in London in 2012. In order to get us there, however, I do believe that we have still to face some slightly more mundane issues, and today I would like to take the opportunity to...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    I was simply going to ask you about your track record of delivering on time and on budget. You make great play - and, indeed, you have already made great play - over the wonderful contractors that you are going to get in, who are going to deliver on time and on budget. I would like to learn from you what guarantees there are going to be from these contractors. Are you absolutely certain that they are not going to be contractors who perhaps will go belly up, so that we will have to pick up the tab? I wonder...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    World class contractors have gone bust. Londoners will expect there to be bonds equivalent to the total bill that we are going to be expected to pay. I would, however, like to ask you some questions about this total bill. Today you have told us that you expect Band D London ratepayers to pay for 10 years at £20 a head, plus another two years at a further £20 per head. What makes you think that is going to be the end of the bill, given, as Angie Bray has already said, that we as Londoners are going to have...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Richard Barnes
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Thank you, Mr Mayor. I recognise where you are coming from, but this Government does not actually have a very good track record on delivering things. Can I make it clear that I do support the Olympic Games for London, but I need to be able to argue it for my people in west London. My real question is on the security aspects of it and what assessment has been made of the security risk for London for 2012. Also, how are those security aspects going to be paid for, so that there is an upfront and clear funding for...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Well, let us talk about Olympic grandstands, Mr Chairman.

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Richard Barnes
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Is that based on pre-9/11 status, or how does it work?