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• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Local committees under the ODA, did you say earlier?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Is there a declared date for that to happen, or is this going to be a gradual process? We have already heard that the position over the land acquisition is not completely clear and is in a process of negotiation.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Would you not agree that we have five layers of bureaucracy already in this structure chart that we have seen? That is before some of these organisations come into being. There is also a tremendous amount of confusion ' certainly in our minds ' as to what these various different bodies are going to do. It therefore suggests that it is going to be difficult, if not impossible, for this Assembly to properly scrutinise this work. The suggestion is very clear that the attempt is being made to obscure the whole thing, so that if and when anything goes wrong...

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Mr Mayor, can we come back to the issue of, then, what is the role of the LDA in all this, and where do they fit in the reporting structure?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

We then have local committees that are going to be in operation under the ODA. Is that correct?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

How does that differ, then, from the Olympic Steering Group?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Thank you, Mr Mayor. I have studied the organisation plan here, and it does tend to look rather confused. Perhaps you can help clarify some of that confusion, because clearly we have a structure that we need to understand, so that we can scrutinise what work is being done. Can you tell me what the ODA board is actually going to do?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

If the contracts are let on a competitive basis across the European Union, what is going to be put in place to force those firms ' whoever gets those contracts ' to employ local people, or can they bring in people from all over Europe to do this work?

• Reference: 2005/0290-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What proposed projects will now be deferred by the LDA to fund the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0291-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What contracts have already been awarded?