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• Reference: 2001/0202-1
• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Do you share the Labour group's view that the LDA's ability to deliver the best result for London depends on, and cannot be separated from, its accountability to its delivery partners and the general public? .

• Reference: 2001/0216-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

The public sessions of the LDA board concentrate mainly upon incidental discussions about strategies of the LDA and other GLA family members. With the LDA responsible for spending over a quarter of a billion pounds of public money why is it that the Board meets mainly in private? What do you have to hide? .

• Reference: 2001/0223-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What action is being undertaken to boost South London's drifting economy? .

• Reference: 2001/0226-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Is London First Centre the right organisation to conduct London's inward investment programme? .

• Reference: 2001/0228-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

The CBI has suggested in a recent report that RDA's lack focus; have little influence over business and are subject to too much meddling from Whitehall. With which of these conclusions do you agree? .

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Thank you very much, Mr Barlow. Actually I am not terribly encouraged at all. Although the public probably won't even attend, as we all know what happens when we do open public bodies to public attendance, the public would merely like to know that they can come if they wish to come and they probably wouldn't even disturb you. So I'm not sure that there is anything to be frightened of in opening the thing up to the public. But what you have told me is that you believe that you are demonstrating open government but, as I have already...

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

I'm heartened to hear that. I just would hope that we have a fairly swift time-scale on it. GLA members are entitled to receive papers as they come out, which would be a good starting point. Then we can keep an eye on things too.

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

I was going to ask on behalf of the Assembly whether, understanding that these things are organic and so on, you can put a date on when we might expect to hear from you on this. I think it would be very helpful to get it into our own timetable.

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Thank you. I won't dwell on that -- we've already had a long discussion on this but I think that you might have picked up that perhaps the Assembly doesn't quite share your optimistic view about how open and accountable the LDA is. But we've heard what you have got to say and are pleased that you are keen to move it in what we would see as the right direction. Last, to focus on four quick points really and a chance to pursue a point that was raised earlier. Firstly, two on the budget. If I could just ask...