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  • Mitigating the Games-time Environmental Impact (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 10 November 2007
    I do not think you were at the ODA at the time, but the last time the ODA representatives came to the Assembly's Environment Committee we were promised a sustainability plan across the whole of the Olympic family would be out soon. That is really what I want to hear about. When is that coming out, if ever? What are the main features?

  • Mitigating the Games-time Environmental Impact (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 10 November 2007
    Can I just go back to the water transport issue which, David, you raised? I am glad you mentioned Prescott Lock, which was welcomed certainly by many members of the London Waterways Commission. It is just that we would like to see more specific targets to drive that and I think that would give it a lot more focus. Also on water transport, there are parties like the Port of London Authority which are keen to look at passenger movements from the Olympic site to the O2 site; they do think that would encourage boat services north to south of...

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [49]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    I can give you two or three reasons why. For example, the old colonial links do mean the Stock Exchanges between London and Hong Kong are quite well established. Dubai; the gold markets are critical there. You would be surprised how much the Asian community uses them out there when they are travelling through. Singapore clearly is the hub of East Asia.

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [51]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    This is a question directed at John Ross. You have mentioned BRIC quite a lot; Russia, India and China. What happened to Brazil? I am trying to work out in your international relation strategy for the GLA and the Mayor's Office whether approaches have been made to the Brazilians, given that they are a major exporter of bio fuels and ethanol. They are clearly a big player in some of the things that we want to do. I am not sure for what reasons they were dropped off the four countries that make up BRIC.

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [52]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    That was discussed. I am glad to hear that. The other thing, you mentioned a Times article yesterday which I came across as well. Oddly enough, the three cities they mentioned - Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong - were three cities I have seen on my own travels in recent times. We have colonial links with them. Is it not better to have partnership agreements with cities like that, the new emerging cities, rather than friendship agreements with the Dakars and the Delhis of the world?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [23]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    OK. I have clearly suggested where I think there is scope, particularly - whatever the stage of development they are at, I certainly think, given they are exporting bio fuels in a big way.

  • Budget (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 15 November 2006
    My question is to David. You mentioned the extra money for regeneration. Does that include investment in the local environmental legacy in the lower Lea Valley, in the canals and rivers?

  • Budget (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 15 November 2006
    Does that include, specifically, investment in Prescott Lock or Prescott Channel?

  • Land Assembly and Preparation of the 2012 Olympic Games (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 June 2006
    Thank you. Mr Higgins, I am actually interested in the finances from a different angle, from the LOCOG angle. I assume the project management side is something you will be on top of as professionals. I just think, actually, on the income side there may have been one or two opportunities you may have missed. I mean the TV revenue side, for example, whilst it goes through LOCOG it sounds as though it is going to be a set amount rather than a set percentage. It sounds as though the next Olympics straight after the Beijing one is actually a...

  • Design and Construction Standards (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 June 2006
    Renewable energy is obviously one part of the green legacy. I remember a lot of the hard sell was that this was going to be the greenest Olympics ever. One of the things I am struck by is that you do not appear to have an environmental sustainability champion on the board. Is that an omission, and how are you addressing that along with the other aspects of environmental concerns that you are going to be addressing during the delivery of the Olympics?