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• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Mr Mayor, I am looking at the cultural legacy from the Olympics. Funding for arts and culture in London is already hard pressed, as you know, especially that that is dished out through the Association of London Government (ALG) and the London boroughs. How are we going to fund the cultural legacy? Is that going to be to the disadvantage of arts organisations which are currently funded from the public sector?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

If you were declining something for the Mayor, would you put it in the Deputy Mayor's diary, or do you consider her diary too busy?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Is it not extremely bad practice to accept an engagement and then drop out at the last minute?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

A friend of mine in the Foreign Office tells me that they find it virtually impossible to get foreign visitors in to see the Mayor. I understand he's declined to see the Mayor of Shanghai and the Mayor of Buchares

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

Can I explore the issue of diary management? Yesterday I attended the launch of the "Don"t Choke Britain" campaign in Covent Garden, which I believe the Mayor was expected at and couldn"t attend at the last minute. The Deputy Mayor was certainly expected and the organisers were extremely upset when she failed to appear. I recognise that diary management must be a nightmare, but what's your first priority when setting the Mayor's diary?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 12 June 2002

I'm told the Mayor's office has told the Foreign Office that he has certain countries he wants to concentrate on. Is that true?