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• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

Will you just confirm, for the record, that I passed on a casework complaint to you, Manny, in 2005 regarding the Green Badge Taxi School and we had a considerable amount of correspondence; and that as a result there was an external audit commissioned of the organisation and the grant that was given? In response to that, you called in external legal advice and you sent a copy of that to me finally in April 2007, and at that time I felt that you had dealt with the complaint as thoroughly as could be done at the time.

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Yes, I think it has been consequent on the Licensing Act that has given an opportunity to reduce the administration, so that is very helpful. The other small glitch we had is that there was a planning application, you might not have a note on this, from Capel Manor. Although that horticultural facility was supported during the master planning process by Bromley, there has been the small local planning application which has subsequently gone in, and has been turned down by Bromley. I certainly want to see that resolved. Are you committed to getting that resolved and keeping Capel Manor...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Well, thank you very much for that very clear commitment. I have to say that the project is extremely popular and there have been two very good consultations in the area, which have raised expectations. The fact that there have been these glitches has caused concern, because nobody in the area wants to see the LDA walking away, because clearly it is a big and difficult project and the community groups in the area have put in a lot of time and effort. Indeed, they are meeting the Mayor this morning about the project. As I said, there have been...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Thank you very much. I am pleased for that, because in fact the animal farm there, the petting zoo, which is part of this project, was the single most popular feature in the park that people wanted to see reopened. It was one of the things that made the park a children's park. Andrew Pelling AM: I was very grateful, Chair, for a letter I received from the Chief Executive a month ago reassuring me that the LDA remains very committed to ensuring the best regeneration of this park, although I am still a little bit disconcerted that in many...

• Reference: 2006/0211-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

The decision by Sport England not to fund the replacement of the Sports centre, and the block placed by English Partnerships on demolishing the existing Sports Centre has had a profound effect on the phasing and outcomes of this project - will you restate your proposals in summary for the public record and re-iterate your commitment to restoring and regenerating the park?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 07 December 2005

We all want a successful Games and obviously we all want an efficient and value-for-money Games, so can I just ask you a little bit more about the financial control processes and the auditing, at two levels? Firstly, as I understand it ' and correct me if I am wrong ' the precept that the GLA will be collecting towards the Olympic project, possibly up to £600 million, and that would be financially accounted for by the GLA's Finance department. Can you tell us a bit more about how deep that accountability will be and whether or not there is...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Are you saying that you will not be ready to put in a serious bid for funding for phase two in Spending Review 2006?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Moving back to capital for transport infrastructure development, we are probably only about a year away now from the next Spending Review, 2006, can you talk us through what processes of development are going on within TfL to make sure we get a good second bite of the cherry and what preparation and business case development is going on?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

If I can be a little more parochial and talk about London again. One of the projects halted until the 2006 Spending Review that is extremely important to London, is the phase two extension on the ELL Project. Given that there is only say a year to go to Spending Review 2006 and you have talked about the fact that you are developing capacity and putting together London Rail at the moment as a business unit, what development is going on of the business cases for phase two of the ELL extension? Especially bearing in mind that there are two...

• Reference: 2005/0051-1
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

To what extent is TfL keeping wider options of the Phase 2 of the East London Line under review - there may be a case for going ahead with both the Wimbledon and Clapham arm which would strengthen the core business case.