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• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Then there will not be another road grab beyond the one that is currently in progress?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What if the OTA has a dispute with the boroughs and the roads that they operate? Who resolves that problem, then?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Just so we can understand what are the implications of that, you talk about developing an Olympic road network. Is that just going to be roads which are currently part of the TfL strategic road network, or do you see that network including a lot more borough roads and being a lot wider?

• 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...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Fine, but just can you please tell us about it, because if I do not know, what chance is there that local builders know? Can I just make one final point: speed is of the essence. The Construction Industry Training Board estimate that 88,000 recruits are needed over the next five years ' not in 10 years' time, but over the next five years. You need to get your act together, and you need to get your act together now. Bob Blackman (AM): To build on those questions: the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had a key concern, which was the...

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

If the contracts are let on a competitive basis across the European Union, what is going to be put in place to force those firms ' whoever gets those contracts ' to employ local people, or can they bring in people from all over Europe to do this work?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

I am sure you could.

• 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?