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• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Thanks very much. As you said, you have learnt from other Games, and I am really pleased that you have said that. The Sydney Games in particular was given a bronze medal by Greenpeace for its sustainability. What medal are you going for and what medal would you be happy with in terms of sustainability for these Games?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

So would you be happy with the bronze medal?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Yes, the best practice for 2012 as I understood what you said earlier on. In terms of 2012 sustainability and environmental issues, the carbon dioxide targets that the Assembly set for London did indicate that we should have developments being carbon neutral to comply with national and international targets on carbon dioxide. So do you think we could go for some kind of carbon neutrality for the Games?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

But do you think we would win the Games if we went for 2005 standards? Do you think we need to improve on Sydney? Presumably we do if we want to win.

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Okay, fine. What sort of monitoring do you think you would be putting in place that would ensure that our promises were clear and that we would be monitoring as we progressed in terms of sustainability or regeneration?

• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

You are monitoring it?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

You have talked about the London-wide regeneration impact. You have talked about the focused impact in the Lower Lea Valley, which is fantastic. But how do you reassure Londoners who are concerned about the existing big strategic regeneration projects in the rest of London (Paddington Basin, King's Cross, Elephant & Castle, South Central) that regeneration funding will not be sucked away from those projects? What is the reassurance we can offer to the other regeneration schemes in London that are important?

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Actually TfL are visiting Hackney next week. I just want to bring it back to the IOC questionnaire that has to detail any opposition. Perhaps Barbara could comment on that?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Absolutely. Sorry, I do not want to interrupt you, but I understand that and I know what is going on enough to be able to communicate to people who contact me. But there is no reason why they cannot know the information that was all shared with us at the two-day session last week, for instance.