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• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Forgive me, I do not doubt your intention to make this the greenest Olympics ever. I do not doubt that, but I do doubt your ability to do it without really good advice. One of the big issues that really offends me is there is going to be a commission for sustainable London 2012, and there seems to be delays in getting this going and the fact is you need that scrutiny body. It is very, very important for you to have that, because there is expert advice there, on hand, with an overview of the sort of thing that...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I want very much to follow those points. This is obviously hugely welcome, but in relation particularly to the water commitment of 20% on the residential buildings- so a 20% improvement on current practice - my information is that that equates to about 130 litre per day target, whereas the Mayor's own guidance on sustainable design and construction expresses a preferred target of 70 litres. So I really want to push you back and say that the targets in here are not stretch targets. And what are you going to do to move that forward?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I absolutely pay tribute to the work that has been done, but I want to push this as far as we can go, and I want to be clear whether the commission that has been set up specifically to review this, is able to say, that figure is not far enough, we think you can go further. Or are you effectively tying their hands behind their back before they even start to say you can only comment on what is in here?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Since we have both sides and perhaps Lord Coe, you could answer. Can you give us a commitment in public that the funding will be adequate to allow the commission to do its full job properly from your resources, or your part of the funding?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

They have the scope to do that? Excellent. I am glad that is clear. Clear to me anyway. It may have been clear to others beforehand. In terms of their funding then, they clearly need the resources to do that job. Can I be clear where that funding is coming from? Because I was not sure why, Neale [Coleman], you were answering that question when surely it needs to come from the ODA, but also I presume LOCOG because this is a sort of broader strategy.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

But to paraphrase what you said, Paul, it is suggested to me that we will not see any extra facilities, as a result of having training facilities here. All we will see is maybe some improvements to existing facilities.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Can I turn to Lord Coe and thank him also for the work that he has done in West London, and visiting the school where I am a governor, the Harefield Academy. Clearly, that is a sports academy which is very much tied into this spirit and ethos of what we want to achieve through the Olympic Games. Are you picking up that same spirit and ethos across London? Are schools getting tied in as strongly as they should, because quite honestly the sporting legacy is those athletes that we know now that will probably be competing in 2012, and...

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Lord Coe, you have gone on record as saying that the Olympics is not about budgets and additional infrastructure, it is about ambition and legacy. How is the current row over the budget for the main Olympic Stadium actually having an effect on the legacy, for example, for the main Olympic Stadium?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Do you understand the concerns raised by the Culture Select Committee in the House of Commons about the need to make sure that the uncertainty over the financing package and the final budget is resolved as soon as possible, precisely so we do not get the distractions that could get in the way of delivering the legacy that Lord Coe was talking about when I listened to him at the French Chamber of Commerce, for example, recently? What can we do, as an Assembly, to support the House of Commons Select Committee in pushing for some finality so we can...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I would like to ask Neale [Coleman] to tell me a bit more about the Paralympics legacy. I was very pleased to hear you say that there is now a target for accreditation of sports clubs that offer facilities to people with disabilities. However, I am still concerned that every single sports club that we spoke to in London that offers help to people with disabilities, were saying that they have been starved off cash. Specifically, Members of this Assembly went to see the Camberwell Sports Club, which looks after children with very, very severe disabilities, and they have had...