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• Reference: 2012/0002-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 07 March 2012

Why do you refuse to publish a detailed breakdown of how many tickets have been sold, and at what price, for each event for both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2011/0076-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Simon, you wanted to make an opening statement. Thank you very much for coming along.

• Reference: 2011/0077-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Dee Doocey (Chair): Simon, you wanted to make an opening statement. Thank you very much for coming along.

• Reference: 2011/0078-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Dee Doocey (Chair): We are now moving on to the session on the Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC). Can I start off the session by asking you, Simon, please can you explain the Mayor's proposals to create a MDC for the Olympic Park area?

• Reference: 2009/0121-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 October 2009

Are you happy with the progress of the Cultural Olympiad so far?

• Reference: 2008/0013-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

How will you make sure that spectators with disabilities and those who are less able bodied can access all aspects of the Games?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

Just following on from Navin's [Shah] comment, on the cultural side you mentioned in your opening remarks that 286 cultural events had taken place in the Cultural Olympiad, which is great. Have you got an indication of how many of those were run by the third sector and how many of them were run by ethnic minorities?

• Reference: 2006/0138-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Given that there is a target of 1050 new Childcare Spaces (capital funding) between 2005-2008, why does the LDA Corporate Performance Report only include target figures for Childcare Places (i.e. under the Childcare Affordability Programme)?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I know. That is the problem. However, it is not just about role models. It is not just about the Tanni Grey-Thompsons of this world. It is not just about the Mike Braces. It is about community sport because surely the legacy of the Paralympics must be that people with disabilities, and in particular young children with disabilities, should be able to look at the Olympics, become inspired and say `I could do that'. However, there is no point in thinking `I could do that' if there are then no sports facilities locally to enable them to do it.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I have absolutely no doubt that that is the case. I have never had any doubts that that is the case. My concern is turning that into action. I am very clear what the legacy of the Olympics is going to be. More jobs, more houses, more employment opportunities, up-skilling the work force, etc, etc. I am less clear what the legacy of the Paralympics is going to be and it seems to me that nobody is taking responsibility for fronting this and for making sure it happens. I will give you an example. The Liberal Democrat group on the...