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• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Thank you, Chair. Before I start, I just want to say that I never in my wildest dreams thought we were going to get to this stage. It is so good that we have made such progress, and I just want to say, "congratulations" to the 2012 team and the LDA. You have done so much work so fast and so professionally, and I think Londoners should be really proud of you. You are a class act, and we deserve to win next year. I am really very pleased with what I have heard today. On the legacy, we have...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Right, so all the legacy arrangements will be tidied up by the middle of next year?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Okay. When the planning committee looked at the plans very early on, there were a number of things that were not tied up. I can hear, from what you have said, there has been a lot of progress on the legacy items. In the context of an Assembly which is largely - we wish it were wholly - but largely supportive of the Olympic bid, can you just say which areas of legacy development have we not made progress on? Where are the gaps, and where are you going to go next to tidy those up?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

.... I would just draw your attention, if you have not already seen it, to the evidence we received from the London Sustainable Development Commission. That is in a letter dated 20 September, where they basically draw attention to the very positive work that is going on, but they do make the point that in relation to legacy aspects, where the full sustainability, as it were, comes to be seen, that further work needs to be done on that. It particularly says, `Should the bid be successful, there needs to be a greater understanding of the sustainability aspects of the...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

All the discussion of the finances so far has focused on the cost side. Can I try to focus on the benefits side and ask what will be published as part of the case-making and the building of public support in terms of projections around the economic benefits - jobs, tax revenues, extra visitors, hotels, etc.? There ought to be a very positive economic case for this, and I fear it is not getting out.

• Reference: 2004/0281-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

When the Planning Scrutiny Committee looked at the plans for the Olympic site earlier this year, it was clear then that the business planning was not yet in place to secure the long term future of the sports facilities which will remain on the site as a legacy of the games. Can you please bring us up to date on what arrangements and plans have now been prepared?

• Reference: 2004/0282-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

I am frequently asked by constituents what role the sports and athletics facilities at Crystal Palace Park will play in the preparation for the Olympics, can you say how improvements at Crystal Palace will help along our Olympic ambitions?

• Reference: 2004/0283-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

How will the Olympic bid and development of facilities and the event itself be used to promote healthier lifestyles in London and the UK? For example will spectators find it easy to cycle to the Olympic Park?

• Reference: 2004/0284-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What can Londoners, who strongly support our bid to be an Olympic City, do to help our chances of success?

• Reference: 2004/0285-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

The Atlanta games gave a successful boost to the development of the Internet. Will the games in London promote the development and take up of broadband and wireless IT or other technologies?