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  • Lessons Learned from Beijing (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Dee Doocey
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Just following on from Navin's [Shah] comment, on the cultural side you mentioned in your opening remarks that 286 cultural events had taken place in the Cultural Olympiad, which is great. Have you got an indication of how many of those were run by the third sector and how many of them were run by ethnic minorities?

  • Lessons Learned from Beijing (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Cultural diversity of London was seen as a great strength and virtue of our bid for London 2012, something which we understand clinched the success that we have had in getting the bid. What I would like to know is what progress has been made towards showcasing and promoting this unique strength that London offers and what is the current status of that?

  • Lessons Learned from Beijing (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Cultural diversity of London was seen as a great strength and virtue of our bid for London 2012, something which we understand clinched the success that we have had in getting the bid. What I would like to know is what progress has been made towards showcasing and promoting this unique strength that London offers and what is the current status of that?

  • Access to the Games (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Kit Malthouse
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Just on the lanes, would you agree with me that the 'Zil lanes' are likely to be the biggest PR problem for the Games in London, particularly when they are on and in the preparation up to them? What lessons are you learning from John Prescott's [Former Deputy Prime Minister] ministerial lane on the M4 and the public relations disaster that was? Also what contingency arrangements will you make for getting around London if, as I expect - and I obviously I represent large parts of Central London - there is some kind of protest from irate commuters, drivers, delivery...

  • Access to the Games (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Victoria Borwick
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Just to follow up, although I have to say most of the questions on a particular point have been addressed; I think there were great concerns when we talked about this in our subcommittees about people who are mobility impaired as opposed to necessarily disabled. The idea of just having a buggy that people can order on demand or book on demand I do not think is satisfactory, and my question to you is to ask you to look again at the transportation of people, particularly late at night when the Games finish. We are not quite clear yet, as...

  • Security During Games Time (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    How confident are you in the competence of the Home Office to carry through all the security procedures that are going to be required with the many tens of thousands of volunteers that you are going to be using? I am referring particularly to Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks. Currently when police officers are being recruited, teachers are being recruited, social workers in Haringey are being recruited, it takes many months to go through all of this process and that is just normal everyday work. So, do you actually think the Home Office are up to it?

  • Security During Games Time (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    You have made it very clear that when the Games are on you are responsible for the security within venue, you said, so within, for example, the Park. Given that there have been huge numbers of break-ins over the years into train and Tube depots, how are you going to ensure that public transport does not pose a security threat, particularly when you have got lines bisecting the Park, going around the Park and, I think, possibly even under the Park?

  • Temporary Venues (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Seb, it appears Jacques Rogge [IOC President] has changed his position on the Olympic Stadium. Does that put you in a difficult position?

  • Opening Statement (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Richard Barnbrook
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Considering the increase in severity of the economic downturn and also the reduction in the value of the pound, can we be assured that there will be no more burden put on Londoners with regards an increase in the Council Tax to actually cover the Olympic project?

  • Opening Statement (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Brian Coleman
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Lord Coe, you mentioned sponsorship and your level-two agreement with Cadbury. Which of Cadbury's products support the healthy living agenda of the Olympics? Jenny Jones (AM): Good question!