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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Mr Higgins, you just mentioned the site. You said it was 'highly contaminated'. Those were your words. Now, in marked contrast to your brochure of photographs here, I have got some photographs which actually show the contractors at work. They are digging up, if that is the right phrase, a whole lot of dust which is blowing over the surrounding countryside and the surrounding residential areas. If that site is highly contaminated, don't you think that enormous efforts should be made to damp down the dust and make sure that the dust does not go onto surrounding areas?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Are you aware that there is a suspicion that there might be radioactive waste on the site? There were two instances I have come across. One was dumped in 1959 and another was dumped in 1953 and in both instances they say that the waste was possibly radioactive.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

I attended the meeting in Hackney Wick about a couple of weeks ago when people were actually complaining about the dust that was flying around, particularly over the Clays Lane Estate and in that general area. People actually said, 'Having inhaled this dust I felt a real sore throat and burning eyes and burning lips,' and people were coming up to me after the meeting saying, 'Can you do anything about this?' I felt that there was a real concern. Now I know that there has been quite a lot of contamination on that site. I have documents here which...

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Alright, and your contractors, those people who are actually working on the site, driving these vehicles and what have you, are they properly protected, using properly protective clothing and all the rest?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Alright, are you aware that the River Lee has been tested for radioactivity and in fact I have a Capita Symonds document here which says, `That the levels were slightly higher than expected, not high enough to cause great concern,' and identifies, `Elevated levels of radioactivity above levels considered to be natural background level for the area'.

• Reference: 2007/0056-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

The wind turbines/solar panels on LDA building cost £436,000 to install (including £156,276 subsidy from the Energy Saving Trust). How much more has subsequently been spent on maintenance and what is the value/kWh of the electricity (on a monthly or quarterly basis) that has been generated by this scheme?

• Reference: 2007/0057-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

How much did the relocation from Devon House to the Palestra building cost?

• Reference: 2007/0058-1
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

The LDA Annual Report states that the lease on Devon House expires in September 2009 and costs £192,000 per annum. Is the LDA able to recoup any of this expenditure by sub-letting or alternative use of this space?

• Reference: 2007/0059-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

In 2005-06 the two highest salaries paid by the LDA were one salary in the range £190-200k and one salary in the range £130-£140k. In 2006-07 the LDA paid two salaries in the range £210-£220k. Which posts attracted these salaries, and how do you justify increases of approximately 10% and 60% respectively in the two highest salaries at a time when average pay increases were closer to 3%?

• Reference: 2007/0060-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

In 2005-06 the LDA had 66 employees paid in excess of £50,000 per annum. By 2006-07 this had increased to 107. How do you justify this increase? How many salaries in excess of £50k are being paid in 2007-08?