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• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

That is very welcome. Will you actually write that into the contracts, and has it already been written into those contracts that have already been let?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Again, will there be independent monitoring, as I mentioned earlier with the sustainability issues, of contracts, compliance, and such like to ensure that it does happen, and it is actually delivered?

• 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...

• Reference: 2005/0382-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What will be the net gain in open green space not just in open space?

• Reference: 2005/0269-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Will you ensure that all workers on the Olympics sites (including contracted and casual workers) will receive a living wage?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Mr Mayor, generally, and when you have been absent for various occasions, is it correct that you have delegated your functions ' with one or two rare exceptions ' to the Chief of Staff normally, or occasionally other of your policy directors?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Why is it that you told the Assembly at the last MQT that, `Sometimes things go out from this building that I completely disagree with'? Surely there must have been a failure on the part of your advisers if that happens?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

I notice you said that some things would have had a `strongly different tone'. Do all the mayoral advisers report directly to you or to the Chief of Staff (Simon Fletcher)?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Perhaps the advisers present could tell us the system that there is whereby they report to you and how they act when they are acting on your behalf? How do they make sure there is an audit trail to ensure they are acting in accordance with your wishes and any changes are spot checked?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Of course, as you have already indicated, from a day-to-day point of view, your senior advisers ' I used that term generically ' have authority to speak and act on your behalf.