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• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

I am sorry I just must comment on that, because we hear you saying that all the time about every type of finance, that the Government would not dare not give you the money, Mr Mayor, and time and time again, the Government does indeed dare not to give you the money. Therefore, I do not think that is necessarily a comfort for us to hear that from you now, and I think it is leaving it far too late, by the way, to address the overspend issue next summer when we may have already won the bid. Londoners, if...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

I would just point out, since the Mayor raised it, that of course the Congestion Charge is not making anything like the money that TfL originally predicted. My third question is about the lottery game that is being set up specifically to fund the Olympics. One way, surely, that we might have been able to help Londoners a little more with their bills would have been if you had fought harder, Mr Mayor - and perhaps you still can; I am hoping that this could still be rectified - to dissuade, shall I say, Gordon Brown from lifting 12 pence...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

You have, indeed, as I see, made some provision for contingencies - just over £1 billion - but I understand that is actually the sum of money that is included in what the Government has put as its overall figure. Indeed, that contingency money appears to have already been, if you like, spent up in advance on security costs and transport costs. Therefore, I am not sure that is the sort of sum of money I am looking at. It was Rt Hon Richard Caborn, the Labour Minister for Sport and Tourism, who said only last year that it is...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Thank you. Can I just briefly say, on behalf of my group - and I would have liked to have said this to Lord Coe, himself - that we were extremely excited and thrilled at the success of our team in Athens, and we love to see all those medals coming back here. We very much hope to see a repeat of that success here in London in 2012. In order to get us there, however, I do believe that we have still to face some slightly more mundane issues, and today I would like to take the opportunity to...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Could you answer the question about the 12 pence on the tickets?

• Reference: 2004/0324-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What undertakings have you made to the British Olympic Committee in addition to the £20 per year band D council tax levy, and what will the maximum potential cost of these be to Londoners?

• Reference: 2004/0325-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Has there been any estimates of the costs of maintaining London's Olympic Stadia after the Games?

• Reference: 2004/0326-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Hammersmith & Fulham receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Hammersmith & Fulham householders?

• Reference: 2004/0327-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Kensington & Chelsea receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Kensington & Chelsea householders?

• Reference: 2004/0328-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Westminster receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Westminster householders?