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• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 07 December 2016

Sian Berry AM: I want to go back to housing again but also just to ask about public land and alternatives to selling it off. The new Mayor and TfL have made the positive decision to focus more of their public land on joint ventures and long-term rental homes, which will help to deliver the homes London needs and will create a long-term revenue stream, rather than selling them off. I recently visited Holloway Prison, which is owned by the Ministry of Justice and has great potential for this. Do you agree that this approach of not selling off land...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

That is very welcome. Will you actually write that into the contracts, and has it already been written into those contracts that have already been let?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Again, will there be independent monitoring, as I mentioned earlier with the sustainability issues, of contracts, compliance, and such like to ensure that it does happen, and it is actually delivered?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

That sounds reassuring, because obviously, we want to prevent profiteering, and we want to prevent these big companies moving in and just profiteering without actually putting anything into the event or into the long term. However, in terms of the way the legislation that Peter (Hulme Cross) has shown me is being drafted, it does seem to imply that certain words would be banned in certain combinations. I am all for making sure that Nike or whoever cannot profiteer from this event, but if the local café wants to run an Olympics event night or something like that, I do...

• Reference: 2005/0276-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What alternative sites are being provided for the Traveller families displaced by the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0278-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Given the massive potential for waterborne freight in the Lower Lea Valley, will the Olympic construction contracts require that construction companies make full use of the waterways surrounding the Olympics site to transport materials and waste?

• Reference: 2005/0279-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What will be done to ensure that the potential for waterborne fright in the Lower Lea Valley is maximised during the legacy phase of the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0280-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

As a new lock at the junction of Prescott Channel and Abbey Creek could significantly increase the potential of the River Lea to carry freight, why does planning report PDU/0909a,b,c,d/02 stipulate that no new impounding structures be permitted?

• Reference: 2005/0281-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Are there any plans to recommission Cody Dock for use by waterborne freight carriers?

• Reference: 2005/0282-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

During the initial construction phase of the Olympics, will facilities such as depots and concrete plants be placed in waterside locations?