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  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Could you ask them to put one in about that?

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    All the discussion of the finances so far has focused on the cost side. Can I try to focus on the benefits side and ask what will be published as part of the case-making and the building of public support in terms of projections around the economic benefits - jobs, tax revenues, extra visitors, hotels, etc.? There ought to be a very positive economic case for this, and I fear it is not getting out.

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    These Games uniquely seem to be public sector Games. How do you account for the fact that the only financially successful Games were run by the private sector? Also, given that the principal venues from the Games are on the edge of the city, why is the city not stumping up to pay for these Games?

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Mike (Lee), the point about that is that it is simply not the case. The number of people in that survey who said, "We will pay nothing," was 40%. Now, those people said, "We will pay nothing towards an Olympic Games in London terms." You cannot say that those people are supportive. I might have argued the question at the time, if I had been asked. I would have said, "Yes, I would like to see them in London," but if somebody then started asking about my support, on the basis of the costs that are unspecified or that we...

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What proportion is that of the estimated total cost?

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    This is the problem with a supranational, international body telling us what to do, so it is unaccountable, like the EU, I guess "our other interest"

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    And the Eurovision Song Contest. No, I am a supporter of the Eurovision Song Contest, having sung in the song for Europe, but I will not go into that.

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Maybe he can join you instead. I think the only point - I just want to finally make a point under this particular section - is that these figures do need to be made clear, surely. Do you not agree? The public in London do need to be on side. We would love to support the Olympic Games for London, but until and unless there is proper consultation with the people of London, they do not trust. If you look at what has happened in Scotland with the Scottish Parliament or the Dome, there is a general feeling - and...

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Damian Hockney
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    And the Eurovision Song Contest. No, I am a supporter of the Eurovision Song Contest, having sung in the song for Europe, but I will not go into that.

  • South London Venues

    • Reference: 2004/0276-1
    • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What part can south London venues like Crystal Palace and the Millennium Dome play in the bid?