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• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

Were these rather bizarre people that want to limit your scope for investment to get their way, what would be the financial effect on the pension funds of a blanket ban, say, on any companies that were involved in any form of defence or arms trade, or tobacco for that matter?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

You say the Mayor has been careful to pick you a good Board. Has there been an increase in the politicisation of the Board since the Mayor took that job off the DTI?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

You have got the avenues, but how would you identify where there was demand? Where would you say a line should be drawn?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

Some people might argue that your Board of Trustees have a role here. Is the type of discussion we have had this morning the sort of discussion that you have there?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

So you would not foresee any increases in employee or employer contributions if your investment strategy works?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

You have mentioned there that the opinion of the final beneficiaries is important in this calculation. How would you go about ascertaining that opinion, because there has been a fair difference of it around the table today?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

I just want to follow up on the issues here. If there were blanket bans or your opportunity to invest was fettered in any way, shape or form, would that throw off the 15 year plan to fully funding the plan?

• Reference: 2007/0008
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 17 January 2007

How do the members of the LPFA react to calls from any source that investment decisions made on the fund's behalf be made on grounds other than potential return?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

The comments about Crystal Palace are welcome, but perhaps the Mayor would deal with this: do you not understand that residents of Bromley and Bexley feel aggrieved? Although safeguarding of Crystal Palace is good, they are likely to receive very little direct benefit in legacy terms, but are expected to contribute through their council tax for a number of years, whereas residents of areas outside London, which may have Olympic sites as firm parts of the bid, are not expected to contribute. What means could be achieved to seek greater equity for the residents of Bexley and Bromley on that...

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

I just wanted to move on to some of the lessons learnt with the Paralympics and the Olympic Games themselves, because it became a bit, in Athens, of shall we say "after the Lord Mayor's show." That was very unfortunate, I think, given the high levels of competitors and the great interest there is in the UK in the Paralympics. Therefore, has any thought been given either to moving the Paralympics to be held before the main Olympic Games, or to go back to where we were and to integrate the two sets of Games, so that they are part...