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• Reference: 2008/0109-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

We welcome Seb Coe and Paul Deighton. We are going to receive a brief introductory statement first from Seb.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

Just watching the Games you got the impression that it was a very top-down operation. Obviously the authorities in Beijing were able to direct the activities of their population, even down to telling them that they could only protest in one particular park and that type of thing. London, as you know, is very much more complex and rebellious than that. What plans have you got in place to ensure the Games can take place without making it a completely claustrophobic event for the people who have to live and work here?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

But will contractors be expected to comply with it even if there are circumstances where that may not happen for some reason but will they be expected to comply with it?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

You say it is not an absolute condition but only a year ago the Mayor said, talking about the living wage, and I quote, `That would be the bedrock on which the hiring and employment strategy of all parts of the Olympic family in London will rest'. At that stage the thinking very much seemed to be to make it a clear contractual condition and the QC's advice that the Mayor got with regard to the living wage in terms of GLA contracts was, `I do not consider that the GLA would be acting unlawfully if it gave some weight...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

One of the things the Assembly has been investigating recently is the growing concerns about helicopter noise amongst Londoners. Will there be any additional use of helicopters during the actual period of the Games?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

So there will be no use of helicopters by visitors? It would only be for security?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

Are you planning for the possibility that Crossrail might be being constructed at the same time as the Games or are you effectively leaving that out of the equation, saying, `Well, it is probably going to happen afterwards'?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

And you will be pushing for a no-fly zone for helicopters for other uses that are unrelated to the Games?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

Thank you. The Mayor tells us that he expects one in five Londoners to go away during the Olympics. I am not quite sure whether that is the sort of target you would have in mind. Is that something which you are relying on?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I was talking more about construction than completion because a lot of the work for Crossrail at its eastern end would be close to the Olympic Park and if it was taking place at the same time that would provide you with extra challenges that you would need to overcome. Is that something you are planning for?