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• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Then, of course, the thing you do not say during that ' the thing you do not say ' is that a large amount of that money has been wasted by yourselves, because these people started and got to heads of agreement terms last year on deals, which then incurred large amounts of lawyers', managers', project managers', and accountants' fees, and then you were the ones who stalled on it. I have a detail here of almost £200,000 worth of work done, which you have wasted. What is the most absurd thing ' and the fact that you are saying...

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

How much has the LDA paid on lawyers? How much has the LDA paid on lawyers?

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

They were lobbying to get their businesses. They were lobbying.

• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Mayor, how can you honestly suggest that these people would lobby against the Games? They were lobbying for their interests. Many of them stand to go bust. Many of them stand to genuinely lose their business. I am a businessman. Sally Hamwee (Chair): I said a short question. Damian Hockney (AM): I know if I were offered that compensation, I would be dead.

• Reference: 2005/0319-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

There have been calls from politicians in the House of Commons that the unquantified benefits of the Games should be shared by the whole of the UK. Have there been any offers made to you to share the multibillion pound cost of the Games.

• Reference: 2005/0322-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Do you think there may be the perception of a conflict of interest in that one of the LDA board members, is Managing Director of a company whose pension fund owns substantial property on the Marshgate Lane estate? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0323-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Do you think it's reasonable that the LDA are offering to buy properties on Marshgate Lane at pre-Olympic decision prices, while expecting businesses to buy relocation properties at post-Olympic decision prices? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0324-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

As you know, relocating a business isn't as simple as just moving your fixtures and fittings. You need to obtain planning consent, waste consent, and often more specialised permits, as well as remedial work. Will the LDA be helping companies with this, for example in providing fast track planning assistance? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0326-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

The London Olympics Bill section 4(2)(b) gives the ODA the power to "dispose of land for a consideration less than that which might be expected in a commercial transaction". What is the purpose of this clause? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0328-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

At the time when the IOC were in London, three organizations published reviews of the LDA's approach to the bid, the results of which were favourable to the LDA and were subsequently used by Lord Coe to deflect criticism of the bid. The three organisations were Gateway to London, which is part funded by the LDA, the East London Business Alliance, which has received a £30,000 grant from the LDA, and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, which last year organised a trip to Beijing to 'advance and strengthen' the London bid, which included representatives from the LDA. Do you...