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  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    I was simply going to ask you about your track record of delivering on time and on budget. You make great play - and, indeed, you have already made great play - over the wonderful contractors that you are going to get in, who are going to deliver on time and on budget. I would like to learn from you what guarantees there are going to be from these contractors. Are you absolutely certain that they are not going to be contractors who perhaps will go belly up, so that we will have to pick up the tab? I wonder...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    World class contractors have gone bust. Londoners will expect there to be bonds equivalent to the total bill that we are going to be expected to pay. I would, however, like to ask you some questions about this total bill. Today you have told us that you expect Band D London ratepayers to pay for 10 years at £20 a head, plus another two years at a further £20 per head. What makes you think that is going to be the end of the bill, given, as Angie Bray has already said, that we as Londoners are going to have...

  • Undertakings made to the British Olympic Committee (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Well, let us talk about Olympic grandstands, Mr Chairman.

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    These Games uniquely seem to be public sector Games. How do you account for the fact that the only financially successful Games were run by the private sector? Also, given that the principal venues from the Games are on the edge of the city, why is the city not stumping up to pay for these Games?

  • Council tax and the Olympics (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What proportion is that of the estimated total cost?

  • Costs met by the private sector

    • Reference: 2004/0319-1
    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What proportion of the costs of the London Olympics are budgeted to be met by the private sector?

  • Benefit to Hounslow

    • Reference: 2004/0320-1
    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What tangible benefits will the residents of Hounslow receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Hounslow householders?

  • Benefit to Kingston upon Thames

    • Reference: 2004/0321-1
    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What tangible benefits will the residents of Kingston receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Kingston householders?

  • Benefit to Richmond upon Thames

    • Reference: 2004/0361-1
    • Question by: Tony Arbour
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    What tangible benefits will the residents of Richmond receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Richmond householders?"