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• 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: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I am sorry to interrupt, Neale, but I do not dispute any of that. Remember, I supported the LDA's intervention on that. What I want to know is what role is it going to play in the Olympics?

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

Since the LDA owns Crystal Palace, in effect, now, it has taken the lease, is it going to be putting it forward? I would just like a bit more specificity about what role it is going to play. You can make it happen. The LDA can put Crystal Palace forward as a training camp or a preparation camp. Are they going to?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I was struck by the fact that so much legacy is going to be wrapped around Sport England and the role they are going to play in the sporting legacy. Of course, I suspect there is a problem here, is there not, because of the fact that they are, to a large extent, dependent on Lottery funding. It would seem that Lottery funding is now being very stretched indeed, given that it looks like the Lottery is going to be involved in actually bailing out large overspends should they happen. How concerned are you that Sport England is going to...

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

I understand, and you are right to say that we should not be building where there is not long term use, and so on. I totally take that on board. However, there will be a concern, amongst the non-Olympic boroughs - after all there are 27 boroughs whose Council Tax payers are contributing towards the costs - that they are not going to merely have the crumbs from the table. What assurance can you give us on that? Specifically, what are the plans for the use of the facilities at Crystal Palace that Neale Coleman referred to?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I think there are concerns here that everyone talks grandly about legacy, but actually so much of it is dependent on all the ducks being in a row, and I think perhaps that we are concerned that its intentions will not necessarily guarantee delivery. Lord Coe, I know everybody in West London is very excited that you have agreed to come to talk to the West London Alliance in May, about what West Londoners might be able to expect in terms of legacy from the Games, amongst other things. Perhaps I am being a little early in this, but I...