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• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

Obviously we are at a fairly early stage of the process on some of these. I understand why Jenny (Jones) is raising the issue, but can I just have a commitment that as well as turning the policies into guidelines, you will also have some very clear targets or achievable goals particularly in relation to the legacy, so that in relation to this whole question of sustainability, and particularly in this question on food, we can actually see some legacy effects as well on this rather than just the Games themselves?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I wasn't expecting you to have the targets now but that these guidelines would actually be quite specific in terms of not just the Games themselves but the legacy aspect.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

Is this your biggest worry, the budget? What keeps you awake at night, other than young children, if you have got them?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I am trying to get some sense of the light and the dark, whether it is finance, whether it is security.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

My interest is less how you control the cost - I trust you to do that - more the sense of the risk analysis. Is finance, making sure the budget does end in balance, as it were, the biggest issue or are there specific other management issues?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

I will return to the politics of the situation in a moment. Firstly, can I ask Sir John for his professional take on the situation? Previously you were eloquently talking about the national responsibilities of the Met and our specific grant covering those of £200 million or so, is rising by 2.5%, less than the rate of inflation. I would really welcome your insight as to what you think the Government is up to. Given the stress we are under in London because of our national and international responsibilities why does central Government not seem to be recognising that, from...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

As I understand, a little while ago there was no safety plan in place because it was not clear what New Year's Eve would constitute. At the Authority meeting yesterday I think Sir John implied that it remained the case. Can you update us? Have you been properly told what is planned for New Year's Eve and do you have a safety plan in place for that, given that today is 10 December, just three weeks away?