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• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Lyn. Good morning, Lord Hendy. If I could ask you, Lyn, how can the return of the planning powers to local boroughs be used as an opportunity to change the way that local residents can be engaged in planning earlier in the process?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 06 October 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, panel. My question is about the demands of policing mega events and it is to you, Lyn. The policing operation for the Olympics was huge and a success. However, one of the problems with policing mega events, as a Government report made clear in 2020, is the coordination between multiple agencies. With the current and anticipated increasing footfall in the Stratford area with the ABBA [Voyage] Arena and the proposed MSG Sphere, how are you working with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the British Transport Police (BTP) and other agencies to meet...

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 02 November 2017

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. David, I noted your answers to Assembly Member Bailey’s questions about the financial sustainability of the Stadium and so I will not repeat his questions. However, just to be very specific and much more direct then may I suggest Assembly Member Bailey was, you talked about the LLDC moving to a stable financial footing, you talked about long-term aspirations and you talked about making good progress, but you are not in a position today to tell us when the LLDC will have enough financial stability to be wound down. Yes or no?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 02 November 2017

Unmesh Desai AM: David, in the long term, can you tell us whether the Copper Box as well as the Aquatics Centre will continue to remain financially sustainable as well as affordable for the local residents and communities?