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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

I have had some involvement in this issue, and life is never quite as straightforward as it might seem. I think we should note that the cyclists, quite rightly, in a consultation, rejected an option for relocation to Enfield which, although it was very strongly opposed by them for a range of good reasons, did have a fundamentally different configuration from the arrangements we now have in front of us. I think it is also interesting that in a press release that came out today the British Cycling Chief Executive says, `The Olympic Velopark will be a huge boost to...

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Sorry, can you enlighten us as to what wildlife?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Right. Another example would be the white water canoeing facility where, again, to have a national venue which can be used for international competitions every now and again is a very real and obvious aspiration for the national body, but to have a facility that at the same time can train people up to become tomorrow's Olympic athletes is sometimes going to be in conflict with that. I do not want specific answers about specific venues, but how are you going to make sure and be able to demonstrate to us that you have balanced those in a way that...

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

It is just a quick one. I understand that the delay at Hog Hill has been caused by you finding a particular wildlife there that needs to be preserved, and there has been six months delay to date. Can you guarantee us that it will not be a year's delay or 18 months' delay? Where are we with that?

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

So there will be a tenant, somebody who will use that facility afterwards?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Can I come back to some of the specifics? Take the Eastway Users' Group specifically, which is what my prime concern is about and about which, as you know, I have been negotiating quite a lot with your officials. First of all your officials told me that British Cycling was in favour of the application that you had put in. British Cycling told me last night that they are certainly not in favour of it, and they referred me to their website. Their website describes the plans that you have as `unacceptable' and I understand from them that that has...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

I am already working with LOCOG, in fact, but I was concerned about your aspect of it and if that is something that you are working on?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

I want to put it on record I think it is totally unacceptable, particularly when your officers tell me that the way to enhance it is to put some screening up. The whole situation is appalling. It is not the way that you should be thinking. We are supposed to be leaving a sports legacy, and this is not the way to leave a sports legacy for cyclists.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

One of my roles is as Chair of London Food, which is a Mayoral Commission, and we are trying to reduce London's ecological footprint. One of the legacy aspects of all the work that you are doing now is if we can encourage farmers to start producing food for the Olympics and beyond, local food, that will reduce our carbon emissions, reduce our ecological footprint. Do you feel you have enough advice on that at the moment? Do you feel it is something perhaps you could know more about? It is an issue both of capacity building within British farmers...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

So that does mean that from time to time you might say to the national elite body, `We understand what you want, but the best needs of the area are served by doing something different from that'. Can you give an example of that?