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• Reference: 2012/0228-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

You pledged to compensate for unavoidable carbon emissions during the Games by promoting better practice in the events and construction industries after the Games. Are you confident that this work will achieve the carbon emission savings required?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Thank you. Can I just clarify? You are going to put all the raw data into London Datastore. Is that right?

• Reference: 2012/0004-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 07 March 2012

Is it possible to deliver the London 2012 Food Vision for sustainable and ethical food, given the interests of powerful corporate sponsors from the catering, and food and drink industries?

• Reference: 2009/0119-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 October 2009

What are the requirements of Coca Cola and McDonalds in relation to the catering arrangements at Games' venues?

• Reference: 2008/0015-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

Have you explored all options for using existing permanent venues in place of temporary venues in the light of a changed economic climate?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

I would like to say right up front I am not trying to score any points here, I would just like some progress. I am well aware that my name is on this list of people who have flown on behalf of the Mayor. What weight is given in the planning for whether or not to take trains rather than planes? It is clear that, for example, two people at least have gone to MIPIM [international property event] in Cannes this week, and the LDA automatically booked a flight because apparently you have to book a long way ahead. So...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

I have one more question if you do not mind. I suppose what I would like to see is some really positive and clear climate change advantage from each trip; if you are going to fly, then get some real advantage from it. That is the sort of offsetting that I could accept. Are you concerned at the fact that flights by GLA people have increased more than threefold since 2001, because this does not fit with the Climate Change Action Plan? Are you going to reconsider this policy?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

I do understand the rationale for what you are doing. However, if you have this cheaper oil it takes the pressure off in a way from looking for other alternatives, whether it is LPG or bio fuels, and this could actually slow down real progress on climate change adaptation.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

Are you aware that the Green view of carbon offsetting is that it is actually just like a system of medieval indulgences? You pay the money and you actually still commit the sin.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

My mistake. Let's talk about Brazil anyway. Brazil has actually got massive amounts of bio fuel from sugar cane. Why hasn't have some sort of arrangement with them, rather than polluting oil?