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• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 15 November 2006

Thank you. My last question is about the budget. I understand that the budget has not been finalised, but you should surely realise that the reason we have so much concern around here is because we have not got any information. The job we are being paid to do is to monitor the delivery of the Games. We cannot actually monitor it if we do not have the budget, because we do not know whether you are going above it or below it. Now you have said that the budget that you have asked for is significantly higher than the...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 15 November 2006

I would like to know what plans are in place to make sure that the same mistakes do not happen again when there is a new Chairman appointed. I think it is very clear, certainly to me, that Mr Lemley has done much more damage to his own reputation by his extraordinary behaviour since he left, than could ever have been done by the involvement with the Games. I wanted to know how it was going to be made sure that whoever is appointed next time, and whoever is going to appoint them - presumably the Mayor and the Secretary...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 November 2006

I think that you will have to appreciate our concern about the way the goalposts keep changing. You talked about the cost of the actual buildings being reasonably on track but of course there were no designs costed out, so that suggests to us that the designs are going to cost more than the original costings. There was no VAT, you have quite rightly pointed out. You also keep talking about a revised Masterplan. I think you will agree we can be forgiven for thinking that this is a very, very flexible costing system. Given that you have already told...