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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

My question follows on from what Tony Arbour and Bob Blackman were saying. You said that you have interviewed existing staff but you have not interviewed staff who no longer work for the organisation, one of whom, Maxine Jones, also made some allegations. There were two whistleblowers: Brenda Stern and Maxine Jones. You have said, 'The review has found that this allegation is incorrect'. In order to reach that conclusion it would seem to me that you would have to talk to both of those two people.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

My question follows on from what Tony Arbour and Bob Blackman were saying. You said that you have interviewed existing staff but you have not interviewed staff who no longer work for the organisation, one of whom, Maxine Jones, also made some allegations. There were two whistleblowers: Brenda Stern and Maxine Jones. You have said, 'The review has found that this allegation is incorrect'. In order to reach that conclusion it would seem to me that you would have to talk to both of those two people.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

The second question is to Manny Lewis. As you know, the Eastway cyclists vacated their site at Eastway after 32 years on the promise that they were going to be given replacement facilities. Now I know you sent out a press release about the cute little newts the other day, but the fact is that you knew about the newts in November 2006 because you were told about them by London Borough of Redbridge, and it seems to me that you have just been dragging your feet. My main concern is that the replacement facilities that you put in place...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

My concern is the real deprived communities; the ones that are just not being picked up because nobody knows who they are. The more visits I do the more convinced I become that what is on offer is not really going to help these people and those are the people that we all want to help more than anyone. I wondered if you would consider a couple of things. First of all I really identified a need for some pan-London funding where at the moment you are giving it to boroughs to dish out, which I understand, but there is...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Three years or two years?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Three years or two years?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

My question is to Manny Lewis really. I want to ask you. What is your plan B, regarding the Manor Gardens Allotments? Because the architects clearly overlooked them in the original plan, Waltham Forest do not want them, and I would now like to know what you intend to do.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Extension of Carnival? So, the Carnival happens in Notting Hill and you have your extension in Hyde Park, and according to your website `We work to present a powerful, consistent and relevant image of London as a vibrant place to live, study, visit and do business' and that is what the Caribbean Showcase does?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Thank you. It says on the LDA's website that the LDA's objectives are regenerating London, supporting people, that is removing barriers to employment, encouraging business, and marketing and promoting London. Yet you spent £215,000, approximately 70 per cent of the cost of the Caribbean Showcase, putting it on in Hyde Park on the same day as the Notting Hill Carnival. That does not seem to add up and make sense to me.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

I think it is a complete and utter duplication. I think it is a scandalous waste of taxpayers' money, and I do not think it is the job of the LDA to spend scarce resources, which ultimately come from the taxpayers through government grants, on nonsense like this. Angie Bray AM): Is it not the case that this whole Showcase arose out of an offer made by Westminster City Council to Lee Jasper and the Mayor; that because of the discussion and the ultimate refusal to put the Carnival into Hyde Park, an offer was made that Hyde Park would...