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• Reference: 2006/0182-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

At present are the LDA fully involved in the work of the ODA, in light of the fact you will be responsible for legacy commitments post Games?

• Reference: 2006/0183-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Could you explain the clear demarcation between the LDA and the ODA regarding legacy? What projects will the ODA deliver, and which projects will be left for the LDA to deliver?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

First, a question if I may to Mary Reilly on this issue of how many businesses are now happily signed up and how the progress is going because I have had one letter from you but you did undertake, when we spoke about this at Mayor's Question Time, that I would have a regular update. I have written to you in the last two weeks asking what has happened to that regular update and I have not heard from you since. I am just slightly disappointed with that. Perhaps you could guarantee now that I will get that letter in...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

I thought it was going to be a monthly arrangement so I hope I can hold you to that. My second point is really that the real property speculator in all this does seem to be the Mayor himself actually. I do not want to go too far in this because I know my colleague has got a question on it but it really is unbelievable when it is him that has actually admitted that he is banking on the fact that he is going to be able to sell the land at considerable profit to help repay some of...

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

I note what you are saying about all the activity that is going on to encourage local firms. I accept that we have got to follow the EU procurement procedures and the IOC procedures. However, one of the things that we would want to look at is, has all this activity been a success? What are your success criteria in terms of achieving local contracts?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

There is a natural limit, but you are avoiding my answer because there will be mature people who are already working in the building industry in the UK who are skilled dumper drivers, skilled crane drivers, skilled cement or concrete pumpers, skilled scaffolders, etc. They will be taking a large chunk of the jobs because they are already within the industry and they have the skills and the abilities that the construction industry needs. If you look around us here, speed is of the essence when you are building. How many jobs can you realistically think are available for the...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

I just wondered very briefly whether you had any plans to involve young people in the boroughs which will be hosting sporting events during the Olympic year, in particular I was thinking of Merton of course, where the All England Lawn Tennis Club is very much involved with tennis. Have you got any plans to involve young people, perhaps at a later date, to get them into sport or also to get them working at the time of the event?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

Are you saying that the boroughs are going to do all of this and there is not much financial support ' moral support but no financial support ' from the LDA?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

Did I hear you say that there are 7,500 construction jobs within the Olympic site?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

How many of those do you realistically expect to go to what are currently unskilled, untrained, unemployed youth in the five boroughs?