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• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

I want to follow on from Andrew but, also, I was struck by something John Biggs said about you are not mentioning the people. A huge part of the legacy is about the people and the people's quality of life when they are living there. The Commission for Sustainable London 2012 recommended that you should develop detailed design guidance for developers on how to incorporate food growing into its development plans. Have you done that?

• Reference: 2010/0051-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

How might the need for extra land remediation affect your plans for sustainable lifestyles, for example growing fruit and vegetables, or the resources for zero carbon energy and waste infrastructure?

• Reference: 2010/0052-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

Will you adopt the principles of living streets and filtered permeability, included in the Government's eco-towns Planning Policy Statement, as part of your review of the Legacy Master Framework?

• Reference: 2010/0053-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

Will you seek to exceed the London Plan PTAL-based standards on cycle and car parking to promote your sustainable transport objectives?

• Reference: 2010/0054-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

Will you prioritise and work with organised communities who wish to take forward affordable housing proposals such as Community Land Trusts?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

I would like to say right up front I am not trying to score any points here, I would just like some progress. I am well aware that my name is on this list of people who have flown on behalf of the Mayor. What weight is given in the planning for whether or not to take trains rather than planes? It is clear that, for example, two people at least have gone to MIPIM [international property event] in Cannes this week, and the LDA automatically booked a flight because apparently you have to book a long way ahead. So...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

I have one more question if you do not mind. I suppose what I would like to see is some really positive and clear climate change advantage from each trip; if you are going to fly, then get some real advantage from it. That is the sort of offsetting that I could accept. Are you concerned at the fact that flights by GLA people have increased more than threefold since 2001, because this does not fit with the Climate Change Action Plan? Are you going to reconsider this policy?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

I do understand the rationale for what you are doing. However, if you have this cheaper oil it takes the pressure off in a way from looking for other alternatives, whether it is LPG or bio fuels, and this could actually slow down real progress on climate change adaptation.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

Are you aware that the Green view of carbon offsetting is that it is actually just like a system of medieval indulgences? You pay the money and you actually still commit the sin.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 14 March 2007

My mistake. Let's talk about Brazil anyway. Brazil has actually got massive amounts of bio fuel from sugar cane. Why hasn't have some sort of arrangement with them, rather than polluting oil?